Lược bỏ if:

- Có thể lược bỏ if trong câu điều kiện và phải dùng hình thức đảo ngữ.

Ví dụ:

If somebody asks me, please tell them I will be back in an hour.

Should anyone ask me, please tell them I will be back in an hour.

If it weren't for his help, I would never succeed.

Were it not for his help, I would never succeed.

If I had known he was afraid, I wouldn't have done it.

Had I known he was afraid, I wouldn't have done it.