... or the noun clause/relative clause. For example: I'll give 10 dollars to anybody who washes my car. The man who marries my daughter will need to.... I will pray that he wins. But I'm wondering if I could use "will" in both parts of them. ------------------------------------------ ...who washes (who, Relative pronoun) ...who marries (who, Relative pronoun) ...that we spend ...

... B acceptable, but not C. In C1, "I *give 10 dollars to anybody who will wash my car," you could replace the simple present with the progressive, "I'm giving ten dollars...", with or without the waving of folding green, and it would pass, for...mean something like "I offer...". The reason you don't like C1 may be that he isn't giving the money in present time. For #2, I find A,...

"Datere" asks about: [A1] I'll give 10 dollars to anybody who washes my car. [A2] The man who marries my daughter... on food. [A4] I will pray that he wins. [B1] I'll give 10 dollars to anybody who *will wash my car. [B2] The man who *will marry ...that he *will win. These must also be considered: [C1] I *give 10 dollars to anybody who will wash my car. [C2] The man who *marries my...

...if you wish to keep the same meaning. I'll give 10 dollars to anybody who washes my car. The man who marries my daughter...'m wondering if I could use "will" in both parts of them. Like: I'll give 10 dollars to anybody who *will wash my car. I am not sure here. It may work but it may mean that you will give 10 dollars to anyone who is willing to wash the car. The idea may be that...

... or the noun clause/relative clause. For example: I'll give 10 dollars to anybody who washes my car. The man who marries my daughter will need to... mean that we spend less on food. I will pray that he wins. But I'm wondering if I could use "will" in both parts of them. Like: I'll give 10 dollars to anybody who *will wash my car. The man who *will marry my daughter will ...

...or the noun clause/relative clause. For example: I'll give 10 dollars to anybody who washes my car. The man who marries my daughter will ...thinking. This discovery will mean that we spend less on food. I will pray that he wins. But I'm wondering if I could use "will" in both parts of them. Like: I'll give 10 dollars to anybody who *will wash my car. The man who *will marry my daughter ...

...Actually, all the "C" examples were added by me. Mark Brader: For #1, I find A and B acceptable, but not C. In C1, "I *give 10 dollars to anybody who will wash my car," you could replace the simple present with the progressive, "I'm giving ten dollars...", with or without the waving of folding green, and it would pass, for me, as informal spoken...

On Jun 25, 1:29 am, Jim Karatassos <jim.karatas...@gmail.com> wrote: Section 556.1 in Swan tries to give a general rule-by-thumb reason for Rule-of-thumb, of course. I'm more tired than I thought.

... Jim Karatassos <jim.karatas...@gmail.com> wrote: You write that "you learned it from your grammar books." I would like to know which one, specifically. I have many sets of grammar books, about 10 sets of them. Most of them says we don't need to use "will"(future tense) in both main clause and noun clause/relative clause. Just like the first four sentences in my original post. The first...