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Riglos Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Conditionals - If you will...

Hi people!

I was wondering whether the use of "will + infinitive" after "if" in a conditional clause was correct or not. Let me give you an example:

A man is seeking advice on how to behave in a foreign country (say, Greece) from one of his friends, who has been there a week ago.

MAN: Hi, X! You know I'm flying to Greece tomorrow and since you went there last week, I was wondering if you could give me some tips.

FRIEND: Sure! Listen: If you'll stay at the Menzies (a hotel), don't have your meals at the hotel. They're much too expensive! Try eating out in some nearby restaurant.

Is the sentence above correct?

Thanks a lot!

Mara.
  

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Riglos Hi people! I was wondering whether the use of "will + infinitive" after "if" in a conditional clause was correct or not. Let me give you an example: A man is seeking advice on how to behave in a foreign country (say, Greece) from one of his friends, who has been there a week ago.

— Philip

  • Riglos Hi people!
  • I was wondering whether the use of "will + infinitive" after "if" in a conditional clause was correct or not.
  • Let me give you an example: A man is seeking advice on how to behave in a foreign country (say, Greece) from one of his friends, who has been there a week ago.
  • MAN: Hi, X!
  • You know I'm flying to Greece tomorrow and since you went there last week, I was wondering if you could give me some tips.
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RiglosHi people!

I was wondering whether the use of "will + infinitive" after "if" in a conditional clause was correct or not. Let me give you an example:

A man is seeking advice on how to behave in a foreign country (say, Greece) from one of his friends, who has been there a week ago.

MAN: Hi, X! You know I'm flying to Greece tomorrow and sinc
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Hi Philip! Thanks for your reply!

I know that future is not needed in my example sentence, but I'd like to know if that construction if possible or grammatical, however unnecessary it may be. I mean, if this sentence were spoken or written on a homework sheet by one of your adult students, would you correct it or leave it as it is?

Thanks a lot!

Mara.
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RiglosHi Philip! Thanks for your reply!

I know that future is not needed in my example sentence, but I'd like to know if that construction if possible or grammatical, however unnecessary it may be. I mean, if this sentence were spoken or written on a homework sheet by one of your adult students, would you correct it or leave it as it is?

Thanks a
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There are some contexts where "will" is perfectly acceptable in the IF clause – e.g. a polite request or command:

1. If you will just sign here, I'll get your keys.

2. That will be all, ****. Now, if you will be so kind as to call Younis into my study...

You can also use "will" if it carries a true sense of volition:

3. Well, if you will eat fifty oysters
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FRIEND: Sure! Listen: If you'll stay at the Menzies (a hotel), don't have your meals at the hotel. They're much too expensive! Try eating out in some nearby restaurant.

This isn't quite idiomatic; it would be more natural to say:

1. If you're going to stay at the Menzies, don't have your meals at the hotel.

or

2. If you're sta
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RiglosA man is seeking advice on how to behave in a foreign country (say, Greece) from one of his friends, who has been there a week ago.

Is the sentence above correct?

Thanks a lot!
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Dear sir,

It is better to say «A man is seeking advice on how to behave in a foreign country (say, Greece) from one of his friends, who was there the week before».

Kind regards,
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RiglosA man is seeking advice on how to behave in a foreign country (say, Greece) from one of his friends, who has been there a week ago.
Is the sentence above correct?

Thanks a lot!

A man is seeking advice on how to behave in a foreign country (
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Riglos
A man is seeking advice on how to behave in a foreign country (say, Greece) from one of his friends, who has been there a week ago.

Is the sentence above correct?

Thanks a lot!

A man is seeking adv
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Well, it depends on what you mean with the sentence. Anyway "ago" and "has been" can't live together. So it's either

- who was there the week before (he's no longer there), or

- who has been there for a week (he's still there)
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