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    Default Re: Two Future sentences.

    5jj, in our (I mean my country's) grammars such sentences are referred to as "first conditionals" or "real conditions" (if + present). My teachers and tutors have always referred to them like this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Verona_82 View Post
    5jj, in our (I mean my country's) grammars such sentences are referred to as "first conditionals" or "real conditions" (if + present). My teachers and tutors have always referred to them like this.
    if-clauses: conditional
    when-clauses: temporal (or time).

    Are you sure that your grammars call when-clauses conditionals?

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    Default Re: Two Future sentences.

    Oh my.
    Of course they are temporal! We're talking about "when".
    Sorry Sunday evening syndrome...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Verona_82 View Post
    Sorry Sunday evening syndrome...
    Sunday evening syndrome. SES.
    I like that.
    If you look back through my posts, you'll see that I appear to suffer from occasional MES, TES (twice a week) WES, FES and the second SES.
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    Default Re: Two Future sentences.

    Quote Originally Posted by fivejedjon View Post
    I will look at Part 1 of your OP in this post:
    I agree with mykwyner.
    In this case I can clearly discern two different meanings in this sentence.

    I will tell you when he comes. MEANS

    1) I will tell you (about something) when he comes.
    2) I will tell about his coming as soon as he comes. (as fivejedjon and mykwyner pointed out its meaning)

    Two meanings are quite different.

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