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Mauriciolearner Posted 20 years ago
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Sometimes, I'll order a coffee cake if i'm feeling...

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MauriciolearnerHey, i've got a question about the use of "'ll" in this sentence:

"Yesterday, I went to my favourite cafe and I ordered the usual: a vanilla latte... (...) ...Sometimes, I'll order a coffee cake if I'm feeling a little hungry.

Is it correct?

"Sometimes, I order a coffee cake.."

THANKS

Yes, it'
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ForbesYes, it is correct.

I think the use of the future here emphasises the habitual nature of the ordering (even though the word "sometimes" is used!)

"Will" is not THE future.
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Clive(Usually, we speak of some coffee cake rather than a coffee cake. They cut a slice for us.)

Best wishes, Clive
At certain places (Starbucks for instance), the coffee cake is pre-sliced and is displayed that way, so I think that a coffee cake would be perfectly acceptable in such a situation.
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Clive(Usually, we speak of some coffee cake rather than a coffee cake. They cut a slice for us.)

Best wishes, Clive

At certain places (Starbucks for instance), the coffee cake is pre-sliced and is displayed that way, so I think that a coffee cake would be perfectly acceptable in s
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MauriciolearnerHey, i've got a question about the use of "'ll" in this sentence:

"Yesterday, I went to my favourite cafe and I ordered the usual: a vanilla latte... (...) ...Sometimes, I'll order a coffee cake if I'm feeling a little hungry.

Is it correct?

"Sometimes, I order a coffee cake.."

THANKS
It should be:
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Cool Breeze
Mauriciolearner
Hey, i've got a question about the use of "'ll" in this sentence:

"Yesterday, I went to my favourite cafe and I ordered the usual: a vanilla latte... (...) ...Sometimes, I'll order a coffee cake if I'm feeling a little hungry.

Is it correct?

"Sometimes, I order a coffee cake.."
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I know will has lots of uses but I abide by what I wrote. To me, a contracted I'll is devoid of will for habit.
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