GRAMMAR / Connectors

EVEN IF + CLAUSE

  • It is a connector. 
  • A situation will not change.
  • You are someone else will do something but nothing changes.
  • One of those little grammar things in English that students must learn, but never seem to. 
EXAMPLES:

  1. I won’t attend the meeting even if the boss says he will fire me.

  2. He won’t pass the test even if he studies all night.

  3. Even if I had known the market was going to crash, I would still have bought more Apple shares. 

  4. He will find it difficult to finish the project by tomorrow,  even if he works all night.

  5. Even if she tells the truth, I doubt the quality control department will believe her.