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Topic Summary - If & Wish Clauses

c) Inverted Type 3
Bu koşul cümlelerini devrik yapmak için, “if” cümleden atılır; cümle başına “had” getirilir ve cümledeki fiil “V ” formunda
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yazılır.

▪ Had the Chernobyl disaster, the biggest nuclear power plant disaster in history, not happened, so many people wouldn’t have
suffered from cancer.
9. As If / As Though

“As if” ve “as though”, “sanki, -mış gibi, güya” anlamlarına gelirler ve ikisinin kullanımı birbiriyle aynıdır. Hem gerçek hem de
gerçek dışı benzetme yapılırken kullanılırlar. Bu doğrultuda anlamı genel olarak “seem, appear, feel, look, sound, taste” gibi algı
fiilleri ya da “behave, act, treat, speak, talk” gibi fiiller tamamlar. Gerçek benzetmelerde (real meaning) “tense” bahsi geçen
zamanla aynı formdadır, ancak hayali benzetmelerde (unreal meaning) “tense”in (bahsedilen zamanın) bir derece geçmiş hali
kullanılarak cümle oluşturulur. Kullanımını inceleyelim:

▪ Although cloud seeding seems as if it will solve climate crises such as drought, the experts find the efficiency of this method
controversial. (real meaning)
▪ It appears the ancient city of Ephesus continues to harbour the traces of different civilizations as if it had not been exposed to
many disasters. (unreal meaning)

▪ As if everyone supported climate-friendly flight plans, but there are a few people who do it. (unreal meaning)

KEY POINTS

Tüm “If Clause”larda “if” cümle başına gelirse, iki cümle virgülle ayrılır; ancak “if” ortaya gelirse virgül kullanılmaz!
▪ If the railway authorities enhance the travelling conditions on long-distance trains, more people will choose to travel with them.
▪ More people will choose to travel with them if the railway authorities enhance the travelling conditions on long-distance trains.

INTRODUCTION TO WISH CLAUSES

In English, “wish” clauses are used when talking about wishes, as well as when talking about regrets, sad situations and events. In
this context, the sentence in which “wish” is used is conjugated according to the time it is used since “wish” is itself a verb. However,
since the next sentence refers to an unreal / imaginary situation (wish, regret, etc.), a past of the mentioned time is used. Do you know
that the knowledge of “wish clauses” can be tested, especially in grammar, cloze test, sentence completion and translation questions?
Moreover, while solving other types of questions, namely paragraph comprehension, paragraph completion, irrelevant sentence, and
dialogue questions, you may need your knowledge of wish clauses to comprehend what you are reading, to eliminate wrong answers,
and to decide on the right option.

CORE INFORMATION

1. Wishes about the Present

Past Simple Tense » Günümüzle ilgili hayal, dilek,
Subject + wish Past Continuous Tense pişmanlık ya da istenmeyen bir
Could + V olaydan bahsederken
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Kişinin içinde bulunduğu anda hoşuna gitmeyen olayları, memnuniyetsizliğini ifade eden bu yapının kullanımını inceleyelim:

▪ Ted wishes he had the same proficiency in speaking and writing French as you do.

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