Willfuture

Somepeoplehavebeentaughtthat'will'is'thefuture'inEnglish.Thisisnotcorrect.Sometimes
whenwetalkaboutthefuturewecannotuse'will'.Sometimeswhenweuse'will'wearenottalking
aboutthefuture.

Wecanuse'will'totalkaboutfutureeventswebelievetobecertain.

Thesunwillriseovertheretomorrowmorning.
Nextyear,I'llbe50.
Thatplanewillbelate.Italwaysis.
Therewon'tbeanysnow.I'mcertain.It'stoowarm.

Oftenweadd'perhaps','maybe','probably','possibly'tomakethebelieflesscertain.

I'llprobablycomebacklater.
He'llpossiblyfindoutwhenheseesJenny.
MaybeitwillbeOK.
Perhapswe'llmeetagainsomeday.

Weoftenuse'will'with'Ithink'or'Ihope'.

IthinkI'llgotobednow.
Ithinkshe'lldowellinthejob.
Ihopeyou'llenjoyyourstay.
Ihopeyouwon'tmaketoomuchnoise.

Weuse'will'atthemomentwemakeanewdecisionorplan.Thethoughthasjustcomeintoour
head.

Bye.I'llphoneyouwhenIgetthere.
I'llanswerthat.
I'llgo.
Iwon'ttellhim.Ipromise.

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