people who（will） attend the party will have exams

[MOYEEA LEE]

Hello, everyone.

In the following sentence, which one is correct?

People who will attend the party will have exams.

People who attends the party will have exams.

But, if you put simple present tense to express the future, it won't be ambiguous?

e.g.: The girl who is/will be my girlfriend will take part in my party tomorrow.

Thanks so much!

 

[MOYEEA LEE]

Thanks so much for your kind help!

But why we use "comes"?

And in these two following sentences, how can I express?

The girl who will be my girlfriend will help me cook.

Students who doesn't feel better now can't take part in the exams tomorrow.

Thanks so much!

 

[tedmc]

The girl who will be my girlfriend will help me cook.
This does not sound natural as it implies that you will try to get a girlfirend before you do your cooking.

Students who[STRIKE] doesn't [/STRIKE] don't feel better now can't [STRIKE]take part in[/STRIKE] sit for the exams tomorrow.

 

[Matthew Wai]

The girl who will be my girlfriend will help me cook.

My future girlfriend will help me cook.

 

[Matthew Wai]

The girl who is/will be my girlfriend will take part in my party tomorrow.

My girlfriend will go to my party tomorrow.
The one going to be my girlfriend will go to my party tomorrow.

 

[Raymott]

Quite simply, we don't routinely use 'will' in two successive clauses like that. The first uses the present tense for the future.
"If you come tomorrow, you will see something special."

I guess you know that the present tense (usually progressive) can be used for the future?
"I start school in January"; "I'm going to the movies tomorrow"; "I finish work today at 5pm".

 

[Matthew Wai]

Do you agree with the following statement?

'We use the simple present to talk about future time with the strongest certainty.'── quoted from http://ell.stackexchange.com/questi...-vs-he-will-leave-for-new-york-tomorrow/88983

 

[MOYEEA LEE]

Thanks so much for your kind help!

I really appreciate it!

But in the following sentence:
If he is going to leave/is about to leave /is to leave/ is leaving, we will give him a surprise.(can I put "be going to," " be (about) to do"," future be v-ing"here?)

Besides, in the main clause,can I change "will" to these structures?

When you come to my party, TH is about to leave/is going to leave/is to leave/ is leaving.?

And the same in the attributive clause:

People who is going to leave/is about to leave/ is to leave/ is leaving will meet TH at the airport!

Thanks so much!

 

[MOYEEA LEE]

The girl who will be my girlfriend will help me cook.
This does not sound natural as it implies that you will try to get a girlfirend before you do your cooking.

Students who[STRIKE] doesn't [/STRIKE] don't feel better now can't [STRIKE]take part in[/STRIKE] sit for the exams tomorrow.

That means we can say"

People who don't feel better now won't go to the party.

Beisdes, can I say:

The lady who is my girlfriend now will help me cook.

In this way, will the sentence be ambiguous?

Because the present simple tense can also express the future.

Thanks a lot!

 

[Matthew Wai]

The lady who is my girlfriend now will help me cook.

In this way, will the sentence be ambiguous?

It can't be ambiguous because the time marker 'now' does not refer to the future.
I would say 'The lady, my girlfriend, will help me cook' instead.

 

[MOYEEA LEE]

While I was writing my last post, Matthew replied to a different point (as he was perfectly entitled to do.)

I'd like to suggest that we all hold back now until Moyeea posts one sentence she like to ask about.

Thanks so much!

The sentence is:
People who are going to hold a party will buy something with me tonight.

Because we can say:
If they are going to hold a party, they will but something with me tonight.

Thanks so much for your help!

 

[MOYEEA LEE]

People who are going to hold a party will buy something with me tonight.

Like your original sentence, this one is slightly problematic. Do you mean that the people who are going to hold this party are going to buy something for you (i.e., to give to you) or that they are going somewhere with you to buy something?

Thanks so much for your kind help!

But sometimes we can't avoid use present tense to express present conditions, right?

Like:

The man who looks like a super hero will help you remove these stuff. (people can't change their appearance all the time right?)

The money which is still in your account will be transferred to my account tomorrow.

Besides, in this sentence, can it express future?

The girl who is running outside at the same time will go to the gym after that.

Thanks so much!

 

[Matthew Wai]

1. A support team has arrived. The man who looks like a superhero will help you remove ​this stuff.
2. A support team will arrive. The man who looks like a superhero will help you remove ​this stuff.

The relative clause in 1 refers to the present, while the one in 2 refers to the future.
Is that correct?

 

[MOYEEA LEE]

1. A support team has arrived. The man who looks like a superhero will help you remove ​this stuff.
2. A support team will arrive. The man who looks like a superhero will help you remove ​this stuff.

The relative clause in 1 refers to the present, while the one in 2 refers to the future.
Is that correct?

Thanks so much for your help!

But in the main clause, can I use "be going to" in the sentence twice?

Like: The man who is going to be a manager is going to eat dinner in his own restaurant.

Thanks so much!

 

[MOYEEA LEE]

The man who looks like a super hero will help you remove [STRIKE]these[/STRIKE] ​this stuff.

Only context can tell us whether the man referred to is present at the time of speaking or will be present on a future occasion. Similarly, only context can tell us whether 'will' denotes a present or future willingness on the part of the man or certainty on the part of the speaker.

The money which is still in your account will be transferred to my account tomorrow.

Once again, only context can tell us whether the speaker is referring to money still in your account at the moment of speak or still in your account tomorrow.

The girl who is running outside at the same time will go to the gym after that.

This is not a natural sentence without more context - at the same time as what?

Thanks so much for your help!

I'm sorry for saying something unnatural.

Here I mean, at 8 pm, the girl will be running outside, and then she will be at gym at 9pm.

SO I can say:

The girl who is running outside at the same time will go to the gym after that.

Instead of "The girl who will be running outside at the same time will go to the gym after that."

Thanks so much for your kind help!

 

[Matthew Wai]

The man who is going to be a manager is going to eat dinner in his own restaurant.

The man going to be a manager will have dinner at his own restaurant.
The manager-to-be is going to have dinner at his own restaurant.

 

[MOYEEA LEE]

The man going to be a manager will have dinner at his own restaurant.
The manager-to-be is going to have dinner at his own restaurant.

Thanks for help!

SO we can't use "be going to" twice?

But can I say:The man who is to be a manager is going to eat dinner at his own restaurant.
The man who is leaving is going to eat dinner at his own restaurant.

Thanks so much!

 

[MOYEEA LEE]

I am going to leave this thread now, Moyeea. It's interesting, but you are throwing in too many questions about possible variations before we can deal with questions already raised. I am losing track of where we are going.

Thanks so much for your help!

That is my fault.

I have seen a grammar book saying that simple present tense can express simple present future in some clauses.

Then I found not just simple present tense, also like:change "will be doing" to" be doing", "will have done" to "have done"

But I can't find information about that...That really confuses me.

Thanks so much for your kind help!

 

[Matthew Wai]

See the information below.
www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/present-continuous-future-arrangements/
www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/72776-present-perfect-with-once?p=319156#post319156

SO we can't use "be going to" twice?

I would avoid doing so but don't know whether we can do so.

 

[MOYEEA LEE]

The man going to be a manager will have dinner at his own restaurant.
The manager-to-be is going to have dinner at his own restaurant.

Thanks so much!

The last question, I promise...

Can I say:

The man who arrives at meeting office first is going to set these computers.

Thanks so much!