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The zero conditional is a structure used for talking about general truths -- things which always happen under certain conditions. This page will explain how the zero conditional is formed, and when to use it.

The structure of a zero conditional sentence

A zero conditional sentence consists of two clauses, an "if" clause and a main clause (note that most zero conditional sentences will mean the same thing if "when" is used instead of "if"):

If the "if" clause comes first, a comma is usually used. If the "if" clause comes second, there is no need for a comma:

We use the same verb form in each part of a zero conditional: the simple present tense:

Using the zero conditional

The zero conditional is used to talk about things which are always true -- scientific facts, general truths, and so on:

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USE This construction means "to give someone the responsibility to do something."

The beginning or to add to the beginning. To prefix a header onto a packet means to place the header characters in front of the packet. "To prefix" at the beginning is the opposite of "to append" characters at the end.

Prefix	meaning	example
Anglo-	English	Anglo-German relations
ante-	before	antenatal (before birth)
anti-	against	anti-European, antisocial
auto-	self	autobiography
bi-	two	bicycle, bilingual, bimonthly
cent-, centi-	hundred	centenary, centimetre
co-	together	copilot, to coexist, cooperation
con-	with, together	context
contra-	against, opposite	to contradict, to contraflow
counter-	against, opposite	counterrevolution, counterproductive
de-	taking something away, the opposite	to defrost, to decentralize
dis-	reverse, opposite	to displease, to disembark
ex-	former	ex-wife, ex-president
extra-	1. very, more than usual	extra-thin, extra-special
extra-	2. outside, beyond	extraordinary, extraterrestrial
fore-	1. before, in advance	to foretell, foreword
fore-	2. front	foreground, forehead
in-, il-, im-, ir-	not	incorrect, invalid, illegible, immoral, impatient, impossible, irregular, irrelevant
inter-	between, from one to another	international, interracial
kilo-	thousand	kilogram, kilowatt
maxi-	most, very large	maximum
mid-	in the middle of	mid-afternoon, mid-air
mini-	small	miniskirt, minibus, miniseries
mis-	bad or wrong, not	to misunderstand, to misbehave
mono-	one, single	monolingual, monorail
multi-	many	multilingual
non-	not	nonsense, non-resident, non-smoker
out-	more, to a greater degree	to outdo, to outrun
over-	more than normal, too much	to overeat, to oversleep, to overestimate
post-	after	postwar
pre-	before	prepaid, preview
re-	again	to rewrite, to rebuild
semi-	half	semicircle, semidetached
sub-	1. below, less than	subzero
sub-	2. under	subway, subtitles
super-	extremely, more than	superhuman, supersonic
tele-	far, over a long distance	telecommunications, television, telephoto lens
trans-	across, though	transatlantic, transcontinental
tri-	three	triangle, tricolour
ultra-	extremely, beyond a certain limit	ultra-modern, ultraviolet
un-	not, opposite, taking something away	uncertain, uncomfortable, unsure, to undo, to undress
uni-	one, single	uniform

A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word to form a new word. For example: when ful is added to the word help, a new word is formed: helpful.

Suffix	used to make	meaning	example
-able, -ible, -ble	adjectives	possible to	acceptable, noticable, convertible, divisible, irresistible
-age	nouns	a process or state	shortage, storage
-al	adjectives	connected with	experimental, accidental, environmental
-ance, -ancy,	nouns	an action, process or state	appearance, performance, pregnancy, constancy
-ant, -ent	nouns	a person who does it	assistant, immigrant, student
-ation	nouns	a state or action	examination, imagination, organization
-ee	nouns	a person to whom something is done	employee, trainee
-en	verbs	to give something a particular quality, to make something more	to strengthen
-ence, -ency,	nouns	an action, process or state	coincidence, patience, potency, presidency
-er	nouns	a person who does something	rider, painter, baker, builder, teacher
-ese	adjectives	from a place	Japanese, Chinese, Viennese
-ess	nouns	a woman who does somthing as a job	waitress, actress
-ful	adjectives	having a particular quality	beautiful, helpful, useful, thankful
-hood	nouns	a state, often during a particular period of time	childhood, motherhood
-ian	nouns	a person who does something as a job or hobby	historian, comedian, politician
-ical	adjectives from nouns ending -y or -ics	connected with	economical, mathematical, physical
-ify	verbs	to produce a state or quality	beautify, simplify, purify
-ish	adjectives	1.describing nationality or language	English, Swedish, Polish
		2.like something	babyish, foolish
		3.rather, quite	longish, youngish, brownish
-ist	nouns	1.a person who has studied something or does something as a job	scientist, typist
-ist	nouns	2.a person who believes in something or belongs to a particular group	capitalist, pacifist, feminist
-ion	nouns	a state or process	action, connection, exhibition
-ive	adjectives	to be able to, having a particular quality	active, effective
-ize, -ise	verbs	actions producing a particular state	to magnetize, to generalize, to modernise, to standardise
-less	adjectives	not having something	hopeless, friendless
-like	adjectives	similar to	childlike
-ly	adverbs	in a particular way	badly, beautifully, completely
-ment	nouns	a state, action or quality	development, arrangement, excitement, achievement
-ness	nouns	a state or quality	kindness, sadness, happiness, weakness
-ology	nouns	the study of a subject	biology, psychology, zoology
-or	nouns	a person who does something, often as a job	actor, conductor, sailor
-ous	adjectives	having a particular quality	dangerous, generous, religous
-ship	nouns	showing status	membership, citizenship, friendship
-wards	adverbs	in a particular direction	backwards, upwards
-wise	adverbs	in a particular way	anticlockwise
-y	adjectives	having the quality of the thing metioned	cloudy, rainy, fatty, thirsty, greeny