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ANA SAYFA                                     If  Clauses			Diğer Gramer Konular
If Clause Type I If Clause Type II If Clause Type III Mixed Type Inversion (Devrik yapı)	Wish Clauses If only Unless As if  -  As Though Even if	In case Provided that - As long as What if Suppose Supposing that If it weren’t - it hadn’t been	Modals, adverbial clauses Noun Clauses, Articles, Pronouns,Adjectives, adverbs , pronouns, gerund infinitive Relative clauseActive Passive

 

 

 

IF ONLY

 

“If only” ve “I wish” yapıları aynı anlamı vermektedir. “If only” biraz daha üzücü eylemleri ve olayları anlatırken kullanılır.

 

Gerçek durum:  I am not rich[a1] .

                            If only I were rich.= I wish I were rich[a2] 

Gerçek durum:  I didn’t go by taxi[a3] .

                            If only I had gone by taxi = I wish I had gone by taxi[a4] 

 

 

v       If only she could see her famous son now[a5] 

 

v       If only I knew her name[a6] .

 

v       If only he’d remembered to send that letter[a7] .

 

 

“if only” if Clause yapıları gibi kullanılabilir. “I wish” yapısı bu şekilde kullanılamaz.

 

v       My diet would be fine if only I didn't have this weakness for sweet things[a8] 

 

v       If only I had known the truth, I would have told you.[a9] 

 

“if only” yapısında “only” kelimesinin yeri değişebilir:

 

v       If she could only channel all that energy into something useful[a10] 

 

v       If she only stopped nagging at me[a11] .

 

v       If I were only rich.[a12] 

 

v       If I had only taken the taxi. / If I only had taken the taxi.[a13] 

 

 

 

Not: “If only” ile “Only if” i karıştırmayın:

 

Only if “tek şartla”  anlamı verir.

 

v       He's welcome to come along, only if he behaves himself[i14]