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The key answer of exercise Grammar 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 05 - Language focus 2 for the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

ls there a big difference in meaning between the pairs of sentences? If so, what is it?

Answer

  1. 'If I leave my job' =It is a possibility I will leave; 'When I leave my job' = It is certain that I will leave.
  2. The two sentences have similar meanings.