Should I be late, please start without me. - 2/11( 木）

Good morning all,

 

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 We must be ready for success!

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第1部 : 今日の英語一語

 

' もしも私が遅れるようなことがあれば、待たずに出発してください' 

 

If I should be late, please start without me.

 = Should I be late, please start without me.

 

説明> If を省略して表現する仮定法は会話では使わない, 文章体表現です.

If節で If を省略すると, ' 主語 + 動詞' が ' 動詞 + 主語' で 疑問文の語順にして

表現することが,Ｐｏｉｎｔです。

 

Have a good day today!

 

第2部 : もっと詳しい説明

 

Seq 330 ( unit 15 仮定法 ) : lesson 28 < if を省略して表現する仮定法 >

 

' もし僕が君なら、彼女をデートに誘うけどな' 

 

If I were you, I would ask her for a date.

 = Were I you, I would ask her for a date.

 

説明> If を省略して表現する仮定法は会話では使わない, 文章体表現です.

If節で If を省略すると, ' 主語 + 動詞' が ' 動詞 + 主語' で 疑問文の語順にして

表現することが,Ｐｏｉｎｔです。

 

例文>

 

If we had known you were in the hospital, we would have visited you.

 = Had we known you were in the pospital, we would have visited you.

 

If there should be an earthquake, this bookshelf would fall forward.

 = Should there be an earthquake, this bookshelf would fall forward.

 

If I should be late, please start without me.

 = Should I be late, please start without me.

 

If it were a little warmer, we would go out for a walk.

 = Were it a little wamer, we would go out for a walk. もし少し暖かければ, 散歩に出かけるのだが。.

 

No challenge, No chance!

 

 

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