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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Simple future Tense
I read the following sentence from a book
'I'll wait to see what happens.'
However, I don't understand why it should be 'I'll wait to see what happens' instead of 'I'll wait
to see what will happen'.
Because I think this passage is talking about the futrue.
Someone said to me, When 'Will' making the simple future tense is used in a preceding
clause, 'will' in a following clause have to be omitted. but I found a lot of passages having 'will'
in both clauses.
Could you explain how it works?
Can I say 'I'll wait to see what will happens?"
'I'll wait to see what happens.'
However, I don't understand why it should be 'I'll wait to see what happens' instead of 'I'll wait
to see what will happen'.
Because I think this passage is talking about the futrue.
Someone said to me, When 'Will' making the simple future tense is used in a preceding
clause, 'will' in a following clause have to be omitted. but I found a lot of passages having 'will'
in both clauses.
Could you explain how it works?
Can I say 'I'll wait to see what will happens?"
Top answer
It does not have to be omitted, but native speakers normally use simple present to express future in dependent clauses like this. You can say "I'll wait to see what will happen ", but most natives would say "I'll wait to see what happens ".
- It does not have to be omitted, but native speakers normally use simple present to express future in dependent clauses like this.
- You can say "I'll wait to see what will happen ", but most natives would say "I'll wait to see what happens ".
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It does not have to be omitted, but native speakers normally use simple present to express future in dependent clauses like this.
You can say "I'll wait to see what will happen", but most natives would say "I'll wait to see what happens".
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It does not have to be omitted, but native speakers normally use simple present to express future in dependent clauses like this.
You can say "I'll wait to see what will happen", but most natives would say "I'll wait to see what happens".
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