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[cyberagl]

what is the explanation in this case??



______________ rain now, the farmer will have to postpone the harvest.


A) Can it
B) It should
C) Should it
D) When it







C is the correct answer.

[cepriego]

Originally Posted by cyberagl

what is the explanation in this case?



______________ rain now, the farmer will have to postpone the harvest.


A) Can it
B) It should
C) Should it
D) When it







C is the correct answer.

Sometimes "Should" is used when referring to a possible event in the future. I would interpret it as "if it rain now, the farmer will have to postpone the harvest". Let me know if i'm wrong

[armie480]

Originally Posted by cepriego

Sometimes "Should" is used when referring to a possible event in the future. I would interpret it as "if it rain now, the farmer will have to postpone the harvest". Let me know if i'm wrong

Hi cepriego

Your explanation is correct, but it should be 'if it rains' (not if it rain).

[haohmaku]

Can you make it clearer ? Why we have to put "should " at the beginning of the sentence?

[cepriego]

Originally Posted by armie480

Hi cepriego

Your explanation is correct, but it should be 'if it rains' (not if it rain).

Yeah, it's true, sorry for that mistake

[hainp]

Hi,

The 8th type of inversions says:
Should you need a hand, I will be more than happy to help you.
Should you need a hand = If you should need a hand

So we have:
Should it rain now, the farmer will have to postpone the harvest.
Should it rain now = If it should rain now ...

But we understood the sentence is: If it should not rain now ...

It seems that the meaning of this sentence is opposite that of the origin one

How to explain?

[armie480]

Hi hainp

Originally Posted by hainp

But we understood the sentence is: If it should not rain now ...

Who 'we'? For example, I have always thought that 'should it rain' is roughly equal to 'if it rains' (or, more literally, 'if it happens to rain'), not 'if it does not rain'.

It seems that the meaning of this sentence is opposite that of the origin one

How to explain?

The meaning is the same. Grammar apart, why should a farmer miss good weather and not gather the harvest when it luckily does not rain?

[kronique]

Originally Posted by armie480

Hi hainp
For example, I have always thought that 'should it rain' is roughly equal to 'if it rains' (or, more literally, 'if it happens to rain'), not 'if it does not rain'.

agreed with armie......... Should it rain= if it rains....

[agrowingcaterpillar]

yeah my answer's correct.

this is Merriam-Webster's explanation of "should": 4 archaic: MIGHT, COULD <may have wondered what this present distress should mean John Keble>

There's already a subject in "the farmer will have to postpone the harvest", so you cannot choose B anymore. Cuz it won't be appropriate when you hav two subject in a simple sentence. In this sentece, should use a clause at the beginning, so C is the anwser.

[pip_love_u]

http://www.testmagic.com/Knowledge_B.../inversion.htm <-- it's useful link.