What"s the meaning of this phrase?

Question

I"m learning English and I"d like you to explain to me the meaning of this phrase: "If god WILL send his Angels" I can"t understand the meaning "cause I don"t know which tense is being used. Is it the same as "if god sent his angels?"

Answer 1

ok, relax, wo solve it. First;

The tense of the first sentence "If God WILL send his angels..." is FUTURE TENSE. ( SUBJECT+ WILL+ VERB 1)

Of course, it is not same to the second sentence "If God sent.."
Tense here is Simple Past Tense (S+ VERB 2+ OBJECT)

HOWEVER, you cannot use "future tense (will+verb !) after "IF". I mean that the tense of the sentence cannot be future .

You can use 4 types of tense after IF. these are:

1- Simple present tense (future possibility)
2- Simple Past Tense (present unreal)
3-Past Perfect Tense ( past unreal)
4- And there is also mixed type (IF+past perfect, simple past)


* Tense of clause sentence can't be future, but in main clause you can use it.

EXAMPLES:

If you write to me, I will write to you.
If you wrote to me, I would write to you.
If you had written to me, I would have written to you.

there are some points to talk about, but I hope this helps you understand the subject generally.

Answer 2

I don't think you can always look at pop lyrics for examples of the best usage of the rules of language.

Also, U2 lyrics can sometimes be a little twisted and cryptic - like, from the same sang "It's the blind leading the blond" - I mean, what the heck is that supposed to mean.

Somebody might have a better answer, but, "It Ain't Me, Babe"

Answer 3

It's more like "if, in the future, God will indeed send his angels". It's a hypothesis set in the future.
Usually you do not use 'will' in if-clauses. You may, however, if you want to criticise a person directly or express disapproval of something they have done or do regularly:
Ex. "I feel sick", "Well, if you WILL eat so much, I'm not surprised"

Answer 4

future tense is used. for example: if God will send his angels, love will come to all of us.

Answer 5

"If God will" is future tense and "God sent his angles" is past tense.

Answer 6

ask your teacher!!