What is wrong with this sentence?
If you cause any trouble to him, I’ll not tolerate that.
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1Wrongly placed objects. If you cause him any trouble, I'll not tolerate that.– mahmud k pukayoorCommented May 8, 2018 at 17:19
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It's not fluent contemporary American English, for many reasons. It's marked as 'foreign', in the sense that a native speaker wouldn't say it that way. Nothing wrong with that, just noted as different, that's all.– John LawlerCommented May 8, 2018 at 18:56
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I think the problem is with cause. You don't cause something to someone, you cause someone something (like trouble or harm), or cause something for someone. You could either say:
If you cause him any trouble,
Or:
If you cause any trouble for him,
Check out the different uses and more examples in these dictionaries:
Your sentence has contradictory tenses.
I'll not tolerate any trouble you'll cause to him. (this sounds proper)
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Why change the conditional? Isn't that type 1 conditional? It doesn't sound wrong to me...it's like saying "If you touch him I'll kill you" that doesn't sound wrong– IthilelCommented May 8, 2018 at 17:12
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If you touch him I'll kill you. is all in the future tense. The tenses are future.– AbeCommented May 8, 2018 at 17:17
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I don't see anything wrong either. But I was told it was wrong.– learningCommented May 8, 2018 at 17:17
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I'll not tolerate that is implying past tense. Tenses contradict.– AbeCommented May 8, 2018 at 17:18