HELP WITH FUTURE!!!pls

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Observe this as one sentence
I will carry out a deal tomorrow ,but when i meet you later tomorrow,I will not think that you know i did (tomorrow/the same day)
which is to be used?
 
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Also i would appreciate if someone told me how the words..today,tomorrow and yesterday change while reporting in the future as in..
he will tell me"tod is doing this today"
 
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In the first of these posts the model sentence is wrong.

I will carry out a deal tomorrow ,but when i meet you later tomorrow,I will not think that you know i did (tomorrow/the same day)

However, the answer is almost certainly I did it the same day.

"Whatever day I meet him next week I'm sure he will tell me Todd is doing it on that day."

"Whatever day I meet him next week I'm sure he will tell me Todd is going to do it the following day/the next day."

"Whatever day I meet him next week I'm sure he will tell me Todd did it the previous day/the day before."
 
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I mean could ...has a distinct meaning from can so it shouldn't have to change in the future rite...could puts an emphasis on a hypothetical situation if i am not mistaken
 
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gdonuts said:
Observe this as one sentence
I will carry out a deal tomorrow ,but when i meet you later tomorrow,I will not think that you know i did (tomorrow/the same day)
which is to be used?
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Why use either, Gdonuts? These are grammatical to my mind but they are mindbenders.

I suppose if there was a storyline, a context, then they would make more sense. As it is, I think I can figure it out but I just don't see any need to add the time adverb.
 
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Sorry about that...lol..as you have probably already gathered(or so i hope) i am more than proficient at english and i observed when i was writing this passage that i was ,yesterday that i used "the same day" for tomorrow but for today i had used today and for yesterday ,yesaterday...."You will know i did this yesterday ,tomorrow "and likewise for today......but it just changed for tomorrow ...and i am in the habit of doubting my most natural instincts.....as i have never understood them...lol
 
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