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  • This is not first conditional. Present tenses in an if conditional is referred to as a zero conditional in teaching environments. Commented yesterday
  • Some authors treat them as a strict grammatical construction based on a particular sequence of tenses, others consider them a classification of meaning, Commented yesterday
  • You don't even explain how the present tense can be used in an if sentence. Your answer does not explain the grammar of if conditionals with two present tenses. is doomed is present tense albeit passive. As for red herrings, I find that most unhelpful. Commented yesterday
  • The conditional is a bit of a red herring. Commented yesterday
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    The bit about doomed implying something relating to the future is very crucial. If you use a verb or expression that does not imply futurity, it falls apart: “If it rains this afternoon, your garden party is a failure” doesn’t work, because is a failure does not imply anything about the future, indicating that the party is in the present – in which case rain later on in the afternoon cannot possibly influence its success. Commented 23 hours ago