In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 59 in CLAUSES is defined:
‘If not’ as a conditional clause to offer an alternative to refer to a previous direct or indirect ‘yes-no’ question where the answer might be ‘no’.
*I don’t believe there must be a reference to a previous question for this grammar to show B1 complexity.
A search in iWeb for:
if not * * *
1 IF NOT ALL , OF 5235
2 IF NOT , YOU CAN 4191
3 IF NOT ALL OF THE 3303
4 IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE , TO 2453
5 IF NOT , WHY NOT 2159
6 IF NOT , THEN YOU 2110
7 IF NOT , YOU MAY 1923
8 IF NOT THOUSANDS , OF 1841
9 IF NOT , YOU WILL 1787
10 IF NOT , IT ‘S 1491
11 IF NOT ALL ) OF 1389
12 IF NOT , YOU SHOULD 1254
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13 IF NOT MORE SO , 1179
14 IF NOT MORE SO . 1153
15 IF NOT , THEN THE 1102
16 IF NOT , YOU ‘LL 1102
17 IF NOT , I ‘LL 1081
18 IF NOT MORE . 1074
19 IF NOT , THEN IT 1026
20 IF NOT ALL OF THEM 1011
21 IF NOT , IT WILL 1008
22 IF NOT , IT IS 999
23 IF NOT , THEN I 979
24 IF NOT THE BEST , 942
25 IF NOT , I WOULD 937
26 IF NOT , YOU MIGHT 907
27 IF NOT , IS THERE 853
28 IF NOT MOST , OF 850
29 IF NOT , DO N’T 841
30 IF NOT BETTER , THAN 825
31 IF NOT , I WILL 793
32 IF NOT , WHAT IS 780
33 IF NOT , DO YOU 772
34 IF NOT SPECIFIED , THE 732
35 IF NOT MORE , THAN 729
36 IF NOT , YOU NEED 725
37 IF NOT , YOU HAVE 668
38 IF NOT FOR THE FACT 666
39 IF NOT , YOU ‘RE 662
40 IF NOT , YOU ARE 655
41 IF NOT HUNDREDS , OF 633
42 IF NOT , YOU COULD 630
43 IF NOT ALL OF THESE 620
44 IF NOT MOST OF THE 616
45 IF NOT , THERE ARE 611
46 IF NOT , AT LEAST 593
47 IF NOT BETTER THAN THE 591
48 IF NOT , CAN YOU 584
49 IF NOT THE WORLD . 575
50 IF NOT , WELL , 558
51 IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT 545
52 IF NOT , I ‘M 542
53 IF NOT , DO NT 529
54 IF NOT , THERE IS 529
55 IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE , FOR 513
56 IF NOT BETTER . 505
57 IF NOT , THEY WILL 504
58 IF NOT , HOW DO 503
59 IF NOT , THAT ‘S 487
60 IF NOT , WHY ? 484
61 IF NOT , WE WILL 483
62 IF NOT , WHAT ARE 473
63 IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE . 467
64 IF NOT THE MOST , 459
65 IF NOT MILLIONS , OF 453
66 IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 440
67 IF NOT , I ‘D 434
68 IF NOT , HOW CAN 428
69 IF NOT , IT MAY 425
70 IF NOT THE BEST . 418
71 IF NOT , MAKE SURE 413
72 IF NOT , LET ME 401
73 IF NOT , WE ‘LL 401
74 IF NOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 401
75 IF NOT ALL OF YOUR 399
76 IF NOT THOUSANDS ) OF 398
77 IF NOT , THERE ‘S 396
78 IF NOT , WHAT DO 396
79 IF NOT MORE SO ) 396
80 IF NOT NOW , WHEN 392
81 IF NOT THOUSANDS OF YEARS 379
82 IF NOT , THEN WE 366
83 IF NOT , WHAT WOULD 364
84 IF NOT , THIS IS 363
85 IF NOT ALL , THE 359
86 IF NOT THE BEST ) 359
87 IF NOT , I CAN 358
88 IF NOT , AND YOU 346
89 IF NOT ALL OF IT 346
90 IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ) TO 346
91 IF NOT , IS IT 339
92 IF NOT BETTER THAN , 339
93 IF NOT , THEN WHY 331
94 IF NOT , THEY ARE 330
95 IF NOT MORE , IMPORTANT 322
96 IF NOT MORE SO THAN 316
97 IF NOT , I THINK 314
98 IF NOT , GO TO 312
99 IF NOT , WE CAN 307
100 IF NOT , IT WOULD 303
A2 vocabulary:
could, fact, if, least, make sure, might, most, should, so
For example:
Adornment must be solid, if not, it will get broken in the middle of the party and destroy the happy mood.
PELIC STUDENT: Chinese, Female, Level 3, Writing.