"Will" in "If clause"?

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I've read a book of practising Toeic recently. In a paragraph, the writer said: " If you will indentify your valuables, the nurse will give them back to you" As I know, "will" never appears in "If" clause. So why is that? Please show me. Thank you very much )

Huong Hoang · Accepted Answer

I've read a book of practising Toeic recently. In a paragraph, the writer said: " If you will indentify your valuables, the nurse will give them back to you" As I know, "will" never appears in "If" clause. So why is that? Please show me. Thank you very much <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/5.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/5.gif' alt='Emotion: wink'/>)

AlpheccaStars · Answer

The person who wrote the book made a very common mistake. .

Philip · Answer

I can't put my finger on any materials that says we can not use the future in the if-clause, but I know that it isn't normally done. The sentence in question seems to make it sound like a request.

Huong Hoang · Answer

That is a famous book of Barron's

AlpheccaStars · Answer

It might be a shorter way to say:

If you will be so kind as to identify your valuables, the nurse will give them back to you."

Will is used in such constructions.

Fivejedjon · Answer

It is

Huong Hoang In a paragraph, the writer said: " If you will indentify your valuables, the nurse will give them back to you" As I know, "will" never appears in "If" clause.

There is no mistake in that sentence. The only mistake is the belief that will is never correct in an if- clause.

Will/'ll has two clusters of meaning: one is concerned with certainty (There will be an eclipse of the moon on 23 December), the other with volition (I'll carry your bag for you).

As if introduces a hypothetical situation, it cannot suggest certainty; we therefore do not use the will of certainty in a sentence introduced by a word suggesting uncertainty:

~~If it will rain tomorrow, I will stay at home.~~

However, when will suggests volition, it is perfectly acceptable to use it in an if- clause:

If John will (= is willing) drive me to the station, I'll be able to catch the the earlier train.
If you will come with me, I'll take you to Mr Brown.

Huong Hoang · Answer

Thanks all. I got it <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' alt='Emotion: smile'/>) I'll learn more, fivejedjon

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Excellent post!

If *** wills it, I will be less hasty next time.

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