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Sometimes the present simple is used in both the if- and the main clauses, indicating that what is said in the main proposition follows from what is stated in the if-clause. In this kind of sentences,often called zero conditional sentences, if means the same as when/whenever. Actually, so-called zero conditional sentences are not conditional sentences at all, since the if-clause does not pose a real condition that must exist for something else to take place:
If I don’t sleep at least eight hours I feel tired all day.
http://www.beniculturali.unipd.it/e... - Lezione 23 ottobre 2013 - Conditionals.pdf
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I don't understand the blue part. Why are zero conditional sentences not conditional sentences at all?
"since the if-clause does not pose a real condition that must exist for something else to take place"
Why is "If I don’t sleep at least eight hours" in the example sentence not a real condition? I think it is a condition, isn't it?
If I don’t sleep at least eight hours I feel tired all day.
http://www.beniculturali.unipd.it/e... - Lezione 23 ottobre 2013 - Conditionals.pdf
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I don't understand the blue part. Why are zero conditional sentences not conditional sentences at all?
"since the if-clause does not pose a real condition that must exist for something else to take place"
Why is "If I don’t sleep at least eight hours" in the example sentence not a real condition? I think it is a condition, isn't it?