http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/DieDead/cbplk/post.htm#176856Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:11:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:176856MrPedantic0http://www.englishforums.com/English/DieDead/cbplk/post.htm#176856http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-176856.xmlYes; the "stole...would" form sounds less immediate than the original. It would give the impression of a rather nervous and halfhearted threat. In British English, "you die!" would sound a little mannered: like an arch and over-literary 6th-former. "You're dead!" seems more likely, over here; though "you – are – dead!" with emphasis on each word is also possible. MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DieDead/cbplk/post.htm#176577Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:11:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:176577YoHf1http://www.englishforums.com/English/DieDead/cbplk/post.htm#176577http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-176577.xmlPhilip wrote: This is a perfectly correct conditional sentence. You embarass me...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DieDead/cbplk/post.htm#176573Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:11:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:176573Philip2http://www.englishforums.com/English/DieDead/cbplk/post.htm#176573http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-176573.xmlYoHf wrote: I'd go for: If you stole my money, you would be dead or If you stole my money, you would die This is a perfectly correct conditional sentence. It expresses a hypothetical situation. In the original, using present tenses, I believe it sounds like the threat is really there, or suspected.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DieDead/cbplk/post.htm#176565Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:11:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:176565YoHf3http://www.englishforums.com/English/DieDead/cbplk/post.htm#176565http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-176565.xmlI'd go for: If you stole my money, you would be dead or If you stole my money, you would diehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DieDead/cbplk/post.htm#176524Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:11:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:176524davkett4http://www.englishforums.com/English/DieDead/cbplk/post.htm#176524http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-176524.xmlBoth of them are said, especially in movies, though each seems to have a unique nuance. I don't know how to look at them grammatically-- if that is your question-- but 'you die' feels more directly suggestive of "I will personally kill you", where 'you are dead' has a more indirect tone, possibly meaning "you are dead to me", or "you are as good as dead".http://www.englishforums.com/English/DieDead/cbplk/post.htmSun, 26 Apr 2009 11:11:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:176487Teo5http://www.englishforums.com/English/DieDead/cbplk/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-176487.xmlIf you steal my money, you __! (A) die (B) are dead. Which is correct?