Using if-sentences for events that happened recently

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I was surfing the web when I came across the first if-sentence structure being used to describe a recent event.
For example: 2 people are talking, person A says:

If you do that, of course he'll get mad.

The context given is that person B already did "that" recently, so to speak.
I found the structure to be a little bit odd, and wondered if this is a common use of the first type of the conditional sentence.
Thanks for the help!

Saqlen Rasool · Answer

"if you do that, of course he'll go mad" is correct grammatically. the if-clause has simple present and main clause has simple future- fundamental tense combination for type 1 conditionals, conveying the likelihood of result. main clause does NOT convey a definite result, but a possible one.
So it all depends on the speaker what idea is he conveying! if somebody says this to me, I would get it as I explained in the first paragraph.
It does not sound "a little bit odd" since this is how we share our concern.

Using if-sentences for events that happened recently

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