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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

If you'll excuse me, I am going to go to sleep.

If you'll excuse me, I am going to go to sleep.

Should it be "If you excuse me, I am going to go to sleep."? Or the will is an exception? What do you think? Thank you so much as always.
  

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"? No. It isn’t idiomatic at all.

— RandomGuy

  • "?
  • No.
  • It isn’t idiomatic at all.
  • Would could be used in place of will , but the latter is far more common.
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AnonymousShould it be "If you excuse me, I am going to go to sleep."?
No. It isn’t idiomatic at all. Would could be used in place of will, but the latter is far more common.
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Hi teachers,

If you'll excuse me...

Why is 'll necessary?
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HUBLOTWhy is 'll necessary?
There’s no grammar rule I can throw at you, since the if-clause isn’t a true conditional. If you’ll excuse me is just an idiomatic and usually polite way to excuse oneself.
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Thanks a lot, AG.

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Yes. In a true conditional (type 1), will appears in the main clause, not the dependent clause.

So,

If you will forgive me, I will forgive you.
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AnonymousIf you'll excuse me, I am going to go to sleep.
Will is used when you've decided something at the time of speaking. What your sentence means is 'you think that the person you are talking to will excuse you and then you can go to sleep'
AnonymousIf you excuse me, I am going to go to sleep.
but the other sentence is c
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aseem31Will is used when you've decided something at the time of speaking. What your sentence means is 'you think that the person you are talking to will excuse you and then you can go to sleep'
No, it’s just used for politeness.
aseem31but the other sentence is conditional. It says that if you excuse me I'll go to sleep but if you don'
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I read Raymond Murphy's English Grammar in Use 3rd edition. It says that will is used when you've decided something at the time of speaking.
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What book is this excerpt from, please?
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