Not or no? (If the weather is fine, I'll wash my clothes. If...)

[Vaok]

If the weather is fine, I'll wash my clothes. If ______,______.

A. not; not
B. no; no
C. not; no
D. no; not

which is proper? thanks!

[Jamie (K)]

If not, no.

If [it is] not, no, [I won't].

I now see that the strange-sounding clause "if the weather is fine" that I hear from Germans and some others is evidently taught in some textbooks. No wonder so many of them say it.

[Lost_Soul]

Hi, Jamie
So, what would be the right way of saying that the weather is good ?
Thanks !

[Jamie (K)]

[Lost_Soul]

[Yankee]

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The original sentence suggests that the person saying it does not have a clothes dryer. I know from experience that freshly washed laundry dries best outside when it's sunny. So, I'm pretty sure the only thing I'd say is this:

"If it's sunny, I'll wash my clothes. Otherwise I won't."
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[Ralf]

[Yankee]

No, as you can see under my forum nick, I live in neither Queensland (Australia) nor Florida (USA).

I don't live in New Mexico or South Dakota, either.

When I lived in Germany, I didn't have a dryer. I generally didn't bother hanging wet laundry outside unless it was at least partly sunny.
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[Ralf]

[Ralf]

[Yankee]

[Yankee]

[Vaok]

thank you!