They can state general truths, such as:
If water penetrates window sills, doors,or their frames, the result is wet rot.
In sentences like this the verb is in the present tense. It is also possible to use the past tense to describe general truths about the past:
If the weather was fine, Maud liked to walk in Hyde park.
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