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18 questions linked to/from "If I go.." vs. "If I will go.." referring to the future
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Future tense in conditional clauses
All the textbooks I have ever come across during the course of my studying English emphasize that future tense should not be used in conditional clauses.
For example,
If it rains in the evening, we ...
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Exceptions that allow the use of "will" after "if" [duplicate]
This as what I've been able to establish:
The use of "will" after "if" is legal only when any of the following conditions apply:
The "will" is used as a verb (equivalent to "want"), for example, "If ...
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"Make of that what you will" – meaning of "will"
Make of that what you will or Do what you will
What is the meaning of 'will' in these expressions?
Here's some examples:
I have had my share of desires and goals, but my life has come to me or I ...
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When is "will" used in an "if" clause?
Given the following sentences that use will in the if clause (which is seldom with if-clauses and therefore, I'm not sure they all are even grammatical or not).
If you will/would kindly lend me ...
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Is the "will" in "can and will" necessary?
Anyone who's ever seen much American film or television has heard some variation of the following sentences countless times:
You have the right to remain silent. If you choose to give up that ...
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Is "even if..." followed by present or future tense? [duplicate]
Is it correct to say:
even if only James Bond will benefit from...
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even if only James Bond benefits from...
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Is using "if you would" instead of "if you will" in the sense of "if you wish/want/like" technically "correct"?
I may be wrong here, but I think of the verb "will" as in the set phrase "if you will" as an actual verb, with the rare sense "wish, desire, want", not as a mere future marker. Therefore, in this ...
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What are the differences between "May" & "Might" / "May have" & "Might have" in strict English?
The more I learn about Modals, the more confused I get. English Modals are very unstructured or adhere to a rigorous structure & that makes foreigners hard to understand them.
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Using 'would' to form reasons
In the following examples:
Why would anyone want to eat something so horrible?
Who would live for forever?
Why would I ever lie to you?
Is 'would' being used to refer to time in future or past Or Is ...
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If that won't happen, we'll have no choice
The decision has been made and we ask for just one thing, an immediate positive intervention of Zaccagnini. If that won't happen, we'll have no choice but to execute the sentence, you understand?
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What is the correct way to construct a conditional sentence with “would”?
I was told several times that a conditional sentence with the following structure is incorrect:
If I would do this, then he would do that.
Rather it should be:
If I do this, then he will do ...
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"It will depend on what I [will] see"
I want to refer to the future. When someone asks me: "what are you going to do when you have a chance to look at [something]?". How should I reply?
Basically, the question is which one is correct (or ...
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Meaning of "would" in "the men of Gotham would have kept the Cuckoo so that she might sing all the year"
A fairy tale begins:
Once upon a time the men of Gotham would have kept the Cuckoo so that she might sing all the year, and in the midst of their town they made a hedge round in compass and they ...
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Why is this sentence ungrammatical? [closed]
"If they would have been painted this afternoon, the walls would be completely dry by tomorrow evening."
The quoted sentence is ungrammatical. I believe it has something to do with tense, but I do ...
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Saying about many related events in the future
My question relates to these questions :
Conditionals in the future
Future tense in conditional clauses
“If I go..” vs. “If I will go..” referring to the future
About two mutually related, future ...
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