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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Hope that they (will) come to accept ~

Compbell also decide to launch seventeen varieties of soup in the Chinese of province of Guangdong. The Chinese eat more soup in a few weeks than most Americans eat in a year; they just aren't used to eating canned varieties. Company executives hope that as the Chinese adopt a faster-paced, more westernized lifestyle, they will come to accept the convenience of canned soup.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I have been taught in "that" clause introduced by "hope," I can use the present tense in lieu of the future tense.
So I'd like to know if I can replace "will come" with "come."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

" No, that wouldn't work. Think of it in terms of the first conditional: " As /If the Chinese adopt ... , they will come to accept ...

  • " No, that wouldn't work.
  • Think of it in terms of the first conditional: " As /If the Chinese adopt ...
  • , they will come to accept ...
  • "
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park sang joonSo I'd like to know if I can replace "will come" with "come."
No, that wouldn't work.

Think of it in terms of the first conditional:
"As/If the Chinese adopt ... etc., they will come to accept ... etc."
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Thank you, teechr, for your kind answer. Emotion: smile
Then I'd like to know if were not for the clause, "as the Chinese adopt a faster-paced
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That would change the meaning of the sentence.
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when & how use been in sentences.

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