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00If X will X means 'as X does X' with a bit more emphasis. As they insist on doing X, then nasty thing Y will happen to them.0-

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00I associate it with my mum telling me off for doing something stupid. There is a heavily exasperated emphasis on the 'will'.0-

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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Yes, occasionally.12br
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10Many Americans I've come across scoff at that form and say that the "will"

0There are many meanings of will. I think this is probably the one intended in this use...02br
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01cite10Milky12cite10Is it true that this has no conditional meaning?12br
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10"If she will eat so many chocolates, it's hardly surprising she has a spotty face."12br
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10I would not myself include it among the traditional "types" (i.e. 0 to 3) of conditional. If w

To judge by other threads I've engaged in, the usage with "will" does seem to be more familiar to BrE speakers.

I concur. If I were polled about it, I'd say if she will eat so many chocolatessounds 'daft', as you say.

<The way she [eats / keeps on eating] chocolate>

BrEng also has the possibility to use that. So, we have more possibilities than AmEng, right?

Well, I can understand what it's trying to say, but that construction would sound ridiculous on this side of the Atlantic. Although, I suppose if you said it with an English accent, we'd be so enthralled by the accent, that we would overlook the grammar.

How about the parallel "will" construction, is it common in parts of the USA?

This is from the Brown Corpus:

"(...) wife just called", she said, separating one word from another, exactly like a child. "And I am not sure that I have any cash- any money, that is- but if you will wait just a minute I will write you out a check if I can find my checkbook. Won't you step int