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LanguageLover · Accepted Answer

0 It's not a childish question, Guest. 02br
00Let me know when you will go there. 02br
00Notice that the word order also shouldn't be in a questioning order. 0-

Pieanne · Answer

0 Exactly. 02br
00Direct speech: "When will you go there?": it is a question > ?, and word order for a question. 02br
00Reported speech: "Tell me/let me know when you will go there.": it's not a question, > no ?, and normal word order. 02br
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00But I wonder if, in this case, it wouldn't be better to say: "Let me know when you go there"; I don't like "when" & "will" together in an affirmative sentence... 0-

LanguageLover · Answer

0 Yup, Pieanne is right. Will is not used in this structure. 0-

Miche · Answer

0 I was thinking about that too, Pieanne. However, I believe there is a difference between the two. If we say "Let me know when you go (=get) there", the person will be expected to tell us he 01b00has already arrived02b00 there. If the person is only expected to tell us when he 01b00is going/plans to go02b00 there, then I think "Let me know when you are going there" is OK. As for the "will" part, I always get confused about simple future but I guess it will fit too. 0-

Pieanne · Answer

0 Hi, Miche, 02br
00I feel a difference between "go" & "get" 02br
00To me, "when you get there" is clearly "when you have arrived there". 02br
00"When you go there" is more "when you intend to go there", or "whenever you go there" 02br
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00As to the "will" part, I'm aware there's a difference between the reported speech and any other sentence. You can't say "*He'll phone me when he will arrive". It's "he'll phone me when he arrives", the future of the main clause extends to the when-clause. 02br
00But in the example, there's no future in the main clause, so maybe "Tell me when you will get there" is OK, but I think the formulation will be different. "tell me when you are going there/when you go there/when you mean to go there,..." 02br
00Must depend on the context. 0-

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