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She is going to be your supervisor...when you come to London.
She is going to be your supervisor...if you come to London.
She is going to be your supervisor...were you to come to London.That's what I was thinking, lol, but even though the clauses seem to contradict each other in this instance at least, you'd agree that the combination of "imminent aspect"+if is possible, right? (Hence my less happy but still-smiling emoticon). Witness: I'm going to need to get another job if I continue buying so many books.lolwhites wrote:If you think of were you to come to London as a more formal way of saying if you come to London, you'll see that the meaning doesn't fit with She is going to be your supervisor...
Are you aware that you changed the 'come' to 'came' there? (Probably you are, and are presumably saying that the remoteness results in an even greater contradiction (besides the 'if' already)). Obviously She is going to be your supervisor if you came to London results in a bit of a "clash" (versus 'come'). She WAS going to be your supervisor if you came/had come to London would be OK though, eh.She is going to... suggests something that is (almost) certain to happen, whereas if you came... suggests a remote possibility. They therefore seem to contradict each other.