You're not quite right..Well, as far as I remember we can not use will when if has been used. I never do it, anyway.
I voted for the second option: I am going......
Well, as far as I remember we can not use will when if has been used. I never do it, anyway.
I voted for the second option: I am going......
Actually, will is possible in an 'if'-clause in the following cases:
-In conditional clauses, when it means wish, not mind, insist on: Sit here if you will. - I'll do the dishes if you will do the cleaning. - If she will (will emphasized) eat so much, it's no wonder she can't get rid of all those extra pounds. But it would be wrong to say, for example: I'll stay at home if it will rain.
-In reported questions: He wants to know if you will be here tomorrow. incorrect
- I don't know if they'll believe you. -incorrect
Whether could also be used here instead of if.
The same is more or less true with would in 2nd conditionals, as well as in reported questions in the past.
I'm afraid this is not so. Will in a reported question beginning with 'if' is correct. Look at these, if you will:
He wants to know if he will be starting on the left side of midfield...
Steve Lovell does not know if he will be in Aberdeen's starting line-up for the UEFA Cup match against Copenhagen on Thursday. He probably won't. He does not know if he will be in the north-east at the start of next season.
The above are from The Washington Post and from a UK site and you can see them here and here. There are a lot more examples from many British and American sites and I can give you more links if you like.
And I'll have to disagree that the sentence He wants to know if you are here tomorrow is correct. If you are going to be here tomorrow is OK.
And one last thing: A reported question (a question in reported speech) is not a conditional clause.
Hi Teia.
Every person who studies a foreign language has at some point (actually, several points...) of the learning process adopted views or acquired convictions that may later prove capable of improvement. And such a thing can happen even at a later point, not only at the initial stages. I myself have had to reconsider and change my views about a lot of things, some of them not too long ago. Language and grammar aids usually do their best to help students, but language is such a vast area that no single book, however good or advanced, can cover all of its aspects. Ceaseless exposure, so to speak, to a language is the only way one can get as close to mastering it as possible.
In any case, discussing things and keeping an open-minded attitude always helps a person see something new and put their views and convictions to the test. I believe everyone can help everyone else see something from a perhaps clearer perspective. Seeing that you are a person in possession of such positive qualities, I'm glad to say it's a pleasure talking to you and I'm sure this can be a rewarding experience.
Coming back to 'if + will', maybe it would help if we considered one more (somewhat different) example. How would we put the following direct speech conditional sentence into reported speech, beginning with "I want to know..."?
-Will she say yes if he proposes to her?
-I want to know...
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