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Icadia Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Two questions
I'll tell you what you DON'T do -- you do not allow your in-laws to baby-sit your daughter until you are absolutely sure your wishes about her care will be followed.
This is from "Dear abby".
The "will" after “until” can be omitted here? I thought if I was the writer, I would just prefer "be" instead of "will"
the second question is about tense after "sure", "afraid"
I am sure he will come.
I am sure he would come.
I am afraid he will come.
I am afraid he would come.
In most of the sentences I've seen so far, "will" is used, but in some cases I could also see "would" is used.
should I recognize that the difference in each sentence is the same as the difference between "would" and "will"?
Thanks for reading.
This is from "Dear abby".
The "will" after “until” can be omitted here? I thought if I was the writer, I would just prefer "be" instead of "will"
the second question is about tense after "sure", "afraid"
I am sure he will come.
I am sure he would come.
I am afraid he will come.
I am afraid he would come.
In most of the sentences I've seen so far, "will" is used, but in some cases I could also see "would" is used.
should I recognize that the difference in each sentence is the same as the difference between "would" and "will"?
Thanks for reading.
Top answer
I'll tell you what you DON'T do -- you do not allow your in-laws to baby-sit your daughter until you are absolutely sure your wishes about her care will be followed. will cannot be omitted here. The tense being used after until is the present: you are ...
- I'll tell you what you DON'T do -- you do not allow your in-laws to baby-sit your daughter until you are absolutely sure your wishes about her care will be followed.
- will cannot be omitted here.
- The tense being used after until is the present: you are ...
- sure (that) ...
- The will occurs in a clause subordinate to the until clause.
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I'll tell you what you DON'T do -- you do not allow your in-laws to baby-sit your daughter until you are absolutely sure your wishes about her care will be followed.will cannot be omitted here. The tense being used after until is the present: you are ... sure (that) ... The will occurs in a clause subordinate to the until
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