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Layla1234 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Present simple or future simple?
Is is better to ask:
What time do you finish tomorrow? or Will you finish tomorrow?
As far as I know we can also use present simple to talk about future when it is connected with timetables, schedules.
And what's the difference in meaning?
And the same in this context:
what time do you finish today or will you finish today?
when we have specified working hours always finish at the same time what tense should I use and the other way around when somebody has unspecified working hours what tense is better to use?
Thanks in advance
What time do you finish tomorrow? or Will you finish tomorrow?
As far as I know we can also use present simple to talk about future when it is connected with timetables, schedules.
And what's the difference in meaning?
And the same in this context:
what time do you finish today or will you finish today?
when we have specified working hours always finish at the same time what tense should I use and the other way around when somebody has unspecified working hours what tense is better to use?
Thanks in advance
Top answer
In AmEng we use the two quite interchangeably.
- In AmEng we use the two quite interchangeably.
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It's common to use either the present progressive or future simple tense to talk about the immediate future.
Also, there are speaker who use the present simple to talk about the future, but it often happens in conversations.
In general, your question is a matter of writing style and depends on mood or context.
Therefore, it's quite difficult to provide you one answer tha
Also, there are speaker who use the present simple to talk about the future, but it often happens in conversations.
In general, your question is a matter of writing style and depends on mood or context.
Therefore, it's quite difficult to provide you one answer tha
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It depends on how you view the situation
When you ask somebody what time they will finish tomorrow, you're asking them to give you their best guess about when they will finish
On the toher hand if you ask them what time they finish, the implication is that they are on a fairly rigid schedule tomorrow and the time they finish is pretty much set.
If somebody works on a fi
When you ask somebody what time they will finish tomorrow, you're asking them to give you their best guess about when they will finish
On the toher hand if you ask them what time they finish, the implication is that they are on a fairly rigid schedule tomorrow and the time they finish is pretty much set.
If somebody works on a fi
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layla1234What time do you finish tomorrow? or Will you finish tomorrow?Do you mean this?
What time do you get off work tomorrow?
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