The statement that " a clause like 'if' will never have the future tense." is simply not correct. The example sentences are expressing a future conditional. In the first sentence, whether she will (in the future) provide consent is not yet known.

May 22, 2016 · English technically doesn't have a future-tense conjugation although almost everyone, including me, calls it the future tense when "shall" and "will" are involved; however, there is no future conjugation of verbs per se. For instance: Infinitive: to do. Simple Present Indicative: he does. Simple Past Indicative: he did. Simple Future Indicative ...

Aug 27, 2019 · the action hasn't happened yet. If the person replies then they are talking about a future action, and so are likely to use one of the future tenses. Play tennis! Okay, I will play tennis. Be good! I'm going to be good until Christmas. Don't watch TV! Okay, I won't watch TV. You see that the indicative reply about the future action uses a ...

What differences are there between using the present tense 'have', future tense 'will have', and the future progressive tense 'will be having' in the following two sentences (one statement and one question): 1) I HAVE/ WILL HAVE / WILL BE HAVING a test tomorrow morning.

Oct 4, 2015 · The simple present of most verbs can be used with future reference, so one thing you can do is simply use can with some indication of futurity. I cannot do that tomorrow. I may do that tomorrow. The other thing you can do is employ the infinitive of a "periphrastic" construction as the complement of will.

Nov 24, 2016 · All your examples are present tense ("need" is a present tense lexical verb and "do" is a present tense auxiliary verb). – BillJ Commented Nov 24, 2016 at 15:09

Let's say someone doesn't feel fine at the moment when another person asks how he feels. But he's sure that he should feel better soon - which one is correct: "I will be fine" or "I'm going to be

Jan 22, 2018 · There's been a significant usage shift in this area over the past century or so. Consider this NGram.... To the extent that there might be a shade of difference between including the explicit "future" indicator will or not, I'd say we're perhaps slightly more likely to include it when there's some "distance" between the speaker expressing his hope, and the (later) time when …

"Expire" is a current condition that may refer to a future event, so it's acceptable to use the present tense: Her contract expires in February next year. Use this instead of "getting expired", which is not idiomatic. Otherwise you can use the future tense "will expire" or the (somewhat more awkward) participle variation "will be expired".

Jan 17, 2016 · Yes, (1) is a short form of (2). The subject I and the auxiliary verb will are both understood to be elided. . (Otherwise it wouldn't be grammatical: a future tense needs will and sentences need subj