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Debpriya De Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Tense

What will I do when he will be interrogating me ?

What will I do when he is interrogating me?

Which sentence is correct when we are talking about an event which hasn't taken place yet ?

Is it right that we cannot use will twice in such sentences which involve future tense ?
  

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These are both correct: What will I do when he interrogates me? What will I do if he interrogates me?

— RayH

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These are both correct:
What will I do when he interrogates me?

What will I do if he interrogates me?
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RayHThese are both correct:

What will I do when he interrogates me?

What will I do if he interrogates me?

In addition, I would (personal preference) use 'while' instead of 'when'.

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Debpriya De Is it right that we cannot use will twice in such sentences which involve future tense ?
Generally speaking, yes. Don't use will after adverbial conjunctions of time or after if. (There are exceptions, but this is the general rule.)

CJ
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But what if I want to use the progressive verb "interrogating" to denote continuous action ?

Which of the two sentences written below would be appropriate ?

"I will go swimming while you are having lunch ."

"I will go swimming while you will be having lunch ."
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Let me repeat the guideline I mentioned above:

Don't use will after adverbial conjunctions of time or after if.

"I will go swimming while you are having lunch ."
"I will go swimming while you will be having lunch ."

CJ
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