Re: I'll give 10 dollars to anybody who washes/will wash my car.
- From: Jim Karatassos <jim.karatassos@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:39:42 -0700 (PDT)
On Jun 24, 8:41 am, datere <ee123456...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I learned from my grammar books that we usually use only one "will" in
either the main clause or the noun clause/relative clause. For
example:
I'll give 10 dollars to anybody who washes my car.
The man who marries my daughter will need to be tough and quick-
thinking.
This discovery will mean that we spend less on food.
I will pray that he wins.
But I'm wondering if I could use "will" in both parts of them. Like:
I'll give 10 dollars to anybody who *will wash my car.
The man who *will marry my daughter will need to be tough and quick-
thinking.
This discovery will mean that we *will spend less on food.
I will pray that he *will win.
Are those examples acceptable? I also saw another sentence using
"will" in both parts:
I'll tell him that I'll call back later.
Why sometimes it's OK to use "will" in both parts and sometimes it
doesn't? Please enlighten me with my question, thank you very much!
Datere,
You seem to have a few of questions like these. I highly recommend you
buy a better grammar book. Barring that, please tell me where you got
the simplified rule that we only "usually" use "will" in the main
clause or noun/relative clause. You write that "you learned it from
your grammar books." I would like to know which one, specifically.
The reason for this is that you've exactly quoted some of the example
sentences in section 556 (tense simplification in subordinate clauses)
of Michael Swan's _Practical English Usage_, 2nd edition, a classic
Oxford University Press reference title, and the "big grammar book" of
choice for most professional ESL instructors around the world.
Before you protest that I'm accusing you of flipping through a 600-
page book to play Stump the Teacher, you should know that this kind of
undocumented plagiarism happens A LOT when local ESL instructors adapt
and translate international materials for their own country's use,
passing it off, of course, as original work.
But if that's what happened in this case, wouldn't it be wise to skip
an intermediate hack's work and go straight to the source?
The answer to your question can be found on pages 583-585 of Swan's
book.
.
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