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Awence Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Please help me verify this question. Thanks

I have this question in my worksheet that I can't really categorize it confidently. Mind giving your opinion.

1. She will email you once she's home.
A. Simple future
B. Offer
C. Promise

I feel it is rather vague and I m torn between C & D. Though it is structured by the language house i am teaching for, I do not think B is relevant.

Thank you.
  

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all of a sudden, i think offer will be the answer. Anyone differs?

  • all of a sudden, i think offer will be the answer.
  • Anyone differs?
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all of a sudden, i think offer will be the answer. Anyone differs?
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AwenceI m torn between C & D.
There is no D. Can you restate your question?

CJ
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Hi Awence,

yes, I'd agree with you, it looks like a sudden decision and in particular an offer. I'd go for B then unless there's an option missing and the actual order of the letters (ABC-D?) is not the one we are seeing...as CJ spotted!
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It is simple future: a statement of future fact based on the speaker's present knowledge.
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Sorry, ya,,,,,there are only three options, There is no D. Anyway, I think there is still room for the publishing team to improve their syllabus structuring.

I was torn between A & B , to restate my earlier question. Thanks.

Well, while i find "once she 's home' might imply a future action, but it is rather confusing when the other two options are available.

Well, anym
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Awencei find "once she 's home' might imply a future action,
Yes, it does. It's like "as soon as she's home".

Typically you can only make promises for yourself, so it's unlikely that "She will ..." would be a promise. To indicate a promise for someone else you'd have to say something like "She promised to ...", not just "She will ...". Likew
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... I might be wrong, but if she will help you is certainly a future tense in terms of content it looks like somebody is speaking on behalf of somebody else. Will indeed is a modal verb and expresses other communicative functions than simply a tense...if the sentence mentioned above is a sudden decision, an offer or a promise it is difficult to say but what seems certain is that some
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Mister MicawberIt is simple future: a statement of future fact based on the speaker's present knowledge.
My thought exactly! I have no idea why "offer" was even considered as correct answer.

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