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Michelle Cha Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

One day a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function.

1. One day a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function

2. One day a doctor will determine that my brain will has ceased to function

I found sentence q on the Web and wonder if sentence 2 is grammatical. Also why we should omit will in the that clause in sentence1?

Thanks in advance.
  

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Michelle Cha I found sentence q on the Web There is no such sentence in your post. Sentence 2 is ungrammatical because will is a modal auxiliary and thus can only be followed by an infinitive. Michelle Cha Also why we should omit will in the that clause in sentence1?

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  • Michelle Cha I found sentence q on the Web There is no such sentence in your post.
  • Sentence 2 is ungrammatical because will is a modal auxiliary and thus can only be followed by an infinitive.
  • Michelle Cha Also why we should omit will in the that clause in sentence1?
  • No future tense is needed in the subordinate clause.
  • CB
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Michelle ChaI found sentence q on the Web
There is no such sentence in your post. Sentence 2 is ungrammatical because will is a modal auxiliary and thus can only be followed by an infinitive.
Michelle ChaAlso why we should omit will in the that clause in sentence1?
No future tense is needed in the subordinate clause.
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"will has" is always wrong. You probably meant to write "will have ceased".

The tense of "cease" is relative to the time of "determine", which occurs after cessation of brain function. Therefore "has ceased" is correct and "will have ceased" is not.
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