If approved vs if approve

The correct phrase is 'if approved.' 'If approved' is the correct construction to use in conditional sentences, where 'approved' functions as an adjective describing the status of something being approved. 'If approve' is incorrect because 'approve' is a verb and does not fit the structure of the conditional sentence.

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If approved

Correct. 'If approved' is the right construction to use in conditional sentences.

'If approved' is used in conditional sentences to indicate that something will happen only if it has been approved.

Examples:

The project will move forward if approved by the committee.
If approved, the loan will be disbursed within two business days.

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If approved, you will receive a letter of confirmation.
If approved, the documentation returns to the Ufficio Provinciale di Lavoro and must then be taken to the Questura for their Nulla Osta.
If approved, it will issue a certificate of citizenship.
If approved, book your flight!
If approved, the changes will immediately become active on your community.
If approved by the Authority, such guarantees do not trigger an obligation for the bank to present a restructuring plan.
If approved by executive Agency for health and consumers, "Regain Path" project will start on January the 1st 2013.
If approved, they would give legality to the anti-indigenous thesis of the temporal framework, which limits indigenous territories only to those existing in 1988.
If approved, EDITH would sit at the end of a row of slot machines to allow casino patrons to purchase slot machine vouchers with a debit card.
If approved, one or more people in the group will be given sysop status and added to the OrthodoxWiki sysop mailing list.
If approved, this would enable a single agreement to be signed in 2006 (covered by reinforced 2006 budget commitments) but the outcome of a transfer can not be taken for granted.
If approved, the proposal would also entail a transfer of € 25 million from budget line B7-520 to B7-536 in budget 2001.
If approved, the motion would require the Commission to resign as a body, pursuant to Article 144, second paragraph, of the EC Treaty.
If approved by the owner of the work, and the relevant Public Administration, the restoration proposals will become one of the next projects to be funded.
If approved, with these terms, the draft would be the first joint step towards an effective isolation of Pyongyang from the rest of the world.
If approved, the ship would not enter service until 2027 and prevent any instance of 12 carriers being in service at any one time.
Security Package in the House - If approved it would not be possible for (...) - Progetto Melting Pot Europa
A Canonist's SummationCardinal Velasio De Paolis again opens fire on communion for the divorced and remarried."If approved, the consequences would be of unprecedented gravity."
If approved, it would be the largest conservation purchase the state has ever made, helping restore the ecosystem's natural flow and providing [...]
If approved, Kuwait's would be among the best paid workers in the world, far exceeding salaries paid to workers in the European country of Luxembourg.

if approve

Incorrect. 'If approve' is not a valid construction in English.

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Obviously only if you approve, Mr. President.
Raise your hand if you approve.
She asks if I approve of the decision she outlined in the previous letter.
I'll need another 50, if you approve the plan I mentioned earlier.
If you approve, raise your hands.
If you approve, Miss Lumley.
If you approve, the memory card will be formatted.
And if Saperstein approves the request, employees are free to bump uglies.
If l approve this, you will be under house arrest.
If Parliament approves at least one recommendation the President shall request further discussion with the Council.
If Parliament approves the common position, then the earliest the legislation can be implemented would be December 2009.
If you approve this compromise, you will be taking an important step for European Union.
If you approve shore leave, we could start with a small group.
It's all right with me, if he approves of it.
And if you approve this settlement of $15 million, the questioning can end right here.
(Pamphlet rustles) If they approve his application, he'll leave for Africa on Friday.
Tell her to take a look at it and see if she approves.
And, if they approve a community center, I'm in line to sub some of that construction.
If she approves, all you have to do is impress the royal court tomorrow.
And if you approve, I put them into your diary, and my duplicate.

Alternatives:

if it is approved
if it gets approved
if approval is granted
if it receives approval
if it meets approval

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