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HUBLOT Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

... when school reopens later this week and instead will attend classes ...

Hi teachers,

http://news.yahoo.com/connecticut-survivors-attend-school-neighboring-town-155145415.html

NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - The children who survived Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School will not have to return to the scene of the massacre when school reopens later this week and instead will attend classes in a neighboring Connecticut town, Newtown school officials said on Sunday.

- ... when school reopens later this week and instead will attend classes ...
- ... when school reopens later this week and instead attends classes ...
- ... when school will reopen later this week and instead attends classes ...
- ... when school will reopen later this week and instead will attend classes ...

Are these all grammatically correct?
  

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HUBLOT Are these all grammatically correct? One could argue that #4 is correct, but I wouldn’t bother; only #1 (the original) is natural English, as most native speakers would not use will in the when -clause. The second will is necessary: The children … will not have to return to the scene … and instead will …

— RandomGuy

  • HUBLOT Are these all grammatically correct?
  • One could argue that #4 is correct, but I wouldn’t bother; only #1 (the original) is natural English, as most native speakers would not use will in the when -clause.
  • The second will is necessary: The children … will not have to return to the scene … and instead will …
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HUBLOTAre these all grammatically correct?
One could argue that #4 is correct, but I wouldn’t bother; only #1 (the original) is natural English, as most native speakers would not use will in the when-clause. The second will is necessary: The children … will not have to return to the scene … and instead will…
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