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Wonder123 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

will be able or are able

I have confusion on between will be able to and are able to, please help me.

I will try to contact you when you will be able to(or are able to) do this job.

She said that she will be waiting, until when you will be able to(or are able to) spare some time for her.

He works on the project only when she is available, If she is not available she just postpones the work to the date when he will be able to(he is able) working with her.

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Wonder123 I will try to contact you when you will be able to(or are able to) do this job. As soon as you get to when , suppress all following occurrences of will . I will try to contact you when you are able to do this job.

— CalifJim

  • Wonder123 I will try to contact you when you will be able to(or are able to) do this job.
  • As soon as you get to when , suppress all following occurrences of will .
  • I will try to contact you when you are able to do this job.
  • Wonder123 She said that she will be waiting wait until when you will be able to(or are able to) spare some time for her.
  • As soon as you get to until , suppress all following occurrences of will .
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Wonder123I will try to contact you when you will be able to(or are able to) do this job.
As soon as you get to when, suppress all following occurrences of will.

I will try to contact you when you are able to do this job.
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Ok thanks, so we need to avoid using will in all the above sentences right?
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Wonder123Ok thanks, so we need to avoid using will in all the above sentences right?
Yes, but it's more than simple avoidance. You simply can't use will in those sentences.
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"She said that she will wait until you are able to spare some time for her."

I'm always confused with He/She said- sentences. The grammar purists insist that "said" forces following it verbs to be conjugated in the past tense; here: will --> would and are --> were though logic makes will and are more sensible and
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AnonymousI'm always confused with He/She said- sentences.
Join the club! Many learners find this topic difficult.
AnonymousThe grammar purists insist that "said" forces following it verbs to be conjugated in the past tense
Yes. This is called backshifting. Backshifting is always correct, but not required. The following i
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Thank you, CJ, for your useful reply.
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Ok thanks, by the way just forget to ask you about my other two sentences. Could you please help me with the sentences.

Here is the edited version.
I will try to contact you when you are able to do this job.

He works on the project only when she is available, If she is not available she just postpones the work to the date when he is able to working with her.
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Wonder123I will try to contact you when you are able to do this job.
Fine.
Wonder123He works on the project only when she is available. If she is not available, she he? just postpones the work to the date
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Ok thanks, Yes sorry I used an incorrect pronoun, thanks for spotting it.
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