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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

I will VERSUS I do

Hi everyone,

My friends and I recently found ourselves debating the following pair of sentences:

"Please write more than one word when emailing me. When and if I contact you, I will."

One party claims the grammar in the second sentence is correct and the other thinks it should end in "I do". Can anyone help us out?

Thanks, brandyn
  

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'I do' means that the writer always uses more than one word in his emails. It is odd because of the then anomalous 'if' in the subordinate clause. 'I will' means that the writer will write more than one word in his future emails, and the 'if' now makes sense.

— Mister Micawber

  • 'I do' means that the writer always uses more than one word in his emails.
  • It is odd because of the then anomalous 'if' in the subordinate clause.
  • 'I will' means that the writer will write more than one word in his future emails, and the 'if' now makes sense.
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'I do' means that the writer always uses more than one word in his emails. It is odd because of the then anomalous 'if' in the subordinate clause. 'I will' means that the writer will write more than one word in his future emails, and the 'if' now makes sense.
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