Learn English – meet or met in a sentence when in future

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If you ever (meet/met) her, tell her I said that.

which one is correct when tell someone the sentence above?

Best Answer

"If you ever meet her, tell her!" should be the correct simple version (for a future action). Because when you already met her, in the past, you won't be able to report her anything I said you would not have done yet if you are not supposed to have another date.

But we have: "if you ever met her, you know she's fine."

Otherwise, if you already met her, you know her, so you may be able to tell her what I said on your next meeting with her.

Your question has 2 senses.