if-clause
Hypothesis in grammar
An if-clause is the conditional part of a sentence—the portion that sets up a hypothetical or contingent situation: If it rains, we'll cancel the picnic.
The if-clause establishes the condition; the main clause states what follows.
Grammarians distinguish types based on likelihood: real conditions if you heat water, it boils, hypotheticals if I won the lottery, and counterfactuals if she had known.
Dependent on prerequisites
- subordinateOne lower in rank
- antecedentSomething that precedes
- dependentRequiring outside support
- conjunctionWord joining clauses together
syntax · sentence · construction · structure · predicate · subject · verb · tense
Testable proposed explanation
- suppositionBelief without proof
- conditionState or stipulation
- contingencyUncertain possible event
- possibilityState of being achievable
assumption · premise · stipulation · proviso · prerequisite · qualification · scenario · circumstance
Numerical absence of quantity
- firstPosition number one
- secondUnit smaller than minute
- thirdPosition number three
- mixedBlended from varied elements
real · unreal · open · counterfactual · hypothetical · past · present · future
Something that precedes
- consequentFollowing as an effect
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
truth-value · statement · reasoning · deduction · validity · fallacy · biconditional · sufficient
conditional
Dependent on prerequisites
- subordinateOne lower in rank
- antecedentSomething that precedes
- dependentRequiring outside support
conjunction · syntax · sentence · construction · structure · predicate · subject · verb · tense · mood
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- suppositionBelief without proof
- conditionState or stipulation
- contingencyUncertain possible event
possibility · assumption · premise · stipulation · proviso · prerequisite · qualification · scenario · circumstance · eventuality
zero
Numerical absence of quantity
mixed · real · unreal · open · counterfactual · hypothetical · past · present · future · factual
antecedent
Something that precedes
- consequentFollowing as an effect
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
proposition · truth-value · statement · reasoning · deduction · validity · fallacy · biconditional · sufficient · necessary
ESL
Language instruction abbreviation
- TEFLForeign English pedagogy credential
- worksheetExercise page for students
- exerciseActivity for fitness
drill · lesson · textbook · conjugation · practice · error · correction · learner · student · proficiency
- clausesreported speech
- subordinationsubordination, because, although, while, when