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Thread: too many will-futures?

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    inbochum is offline Newbie
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    Default too many will-futures?

    "Dear soandso,
    I want to inform you that I'll come to Barcelona at the end of Spetember.
    I'll try to visit you one day. But at the moment I'm not sure if I will have time.
    I'll phone you when i'm there."


    I'd mark the first one and change it into "I'm coming"...
    What about the other three 'willies'? "I'm not sure if I will have (the?) time" seems correct...

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    colloquium is offline Senior Member
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    Default Re: too many will-futures?

    I want to inform you that I'm coming to Barcelona at the end of Spetember.
    I hope to visit you one day, but at the moment I'm not sure if I will have the/enough time.

    I'll phone you when i arrive."


    I have added the present continuous as you suggested, and also replaced the second will with a simple present tense verb. I have also added the verb arrive in place of there.

    Have the time or have enough time are both possible in this context; they both mean roughly the same thing.

    I am not a teacher.
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    David L. is offline VIP Member
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    Default Re: too many will-futures?

    Is this to a friend? If so, 'I want to inform you' is very formal, as in "I want to inform you that I will be taking legal action against you concerning..."

    To a friend, one might say:
    "Just to let you know..."
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    inbochum is offline Newbie
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    Default Re: too many will-futures?

    I had my students write letters to friends and before that we went through will- and going to-future, a standard topic that seems so easy in a grammar exercise , but not when it comes to everyday speech...
    thanks a lot

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