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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Grammar question
"I will do whatever he asks me to to." or " I'll do whatever he will ask me to do ." Which of the given two sentences is correct and why ?
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Dear friend, as both of the sentences are correct grammatically, you should not dismiss any one of them. This is a vivid example of neutralisation , whereby different forms ( he says/he will say ) express essentially the same thing. The only reason for choosing the latter sentence is that its spelling is correct (to *to ?
- Dear friend, as both of the sentences are correct grammatically, you should not dismiss any one of them.
- This is a vivid example of neutralisation , whereby different forms ( he says/he will say ) express essentially the same thing.
- The only reason for choosing the latter sentence is that its spelling is correct (to *to ?
- to do), though I suppose it is just a typo, a performance mistake, so to say.
- Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff
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Dear friend,
as both of the sentences are correct grammatically, you should not dismiss any one of them. This is a vivid example of neutralisation, whereby different forms (he says/he will say) express essentially the same thing. The only reason for choosing the latter sentence is that its spelling is correct (to *to ? to do), though I suppose it is just a typo, a perform
as both of the sentences are correct grammatically, you should not dismiss any one of them. This is a vivid example of neutralisation, whereby different forms (he says/he will say) express essentially the same thing. The only reason for choosing the latter sentence is that its spelling is correct (to *to ? to do), though I suppose it is just a typo, a perform
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AnonymousI will do whatever he asks me toI would use this one (as corrected). This whatever structure is similar to a conditional structure with if. The if clause does not contain will. Likewise for the whatever clause.todo.
I will do whatever he asks me to do.
If he asks me to do it, I will
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