几个“主将从现”的反例

If you will vote for us on this, we will get you so many paved roads,
Now if you will bid a servant guide us out of this labyrinthine storehouse, I promise that rash...
If you will allow me, I will fetch you some water.
If they will offer us something, we will study it.

If he will protect us and give our enemy into our hand, we shall keep this day
If anyone will kidnap her, it will be a tree.

英语语法速查

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是不是这里Will表示意愿，所以不用一般现在时？

To be or not to be，that is a question.

if you/he will...条件状语从句中的will“愿意”，是情态动词，本来就是一般现在时。它可以用于现在，也可以用于将来时间。

joham

真正的反例：
Mac's still got a long way to go before he'll make a manager. (LONGMAN 3rd ed, way 25)
The temperature has to reach 32 degrees F before water will freeze. (Understanding and Using Grammar)

joham

还请 joham 老师多加指教。

尤其是这句：
The temperature has to reach 32 degrees F before water will freeze.

water 何来 will ？

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我看过一本港人写的语法书，他认为，英语本不存在一般将来时。他说
will, shall 其实等同于 want, hope 之类的单词。
愿闻 Joham 老师的高见。

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是的，我认为你的看法是对的。[img]images/smilies/default/victory.gif[/img]

英语语法速查

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英语里有一条规律：如果主句用了将来时，从句就不用将来时；如果主句用了一般现在时，从句就可以用一般将来时：

ADVANCED GRAMMAR IN USE：
We use the present simple in that- and wh-clauses when both the main clause and the that- /wbclause
refer to the future. We don't use will in the that-1 и^-clause in this kind of sentence:

I'm going to make sure (that) you are invited next time. (not ...you will be invited...)
I'll let you know when she gets here. (not ...when she will get here.)

When the main clause refers to the present, we normally use will, not the present simple, in the
that-1 wh-clause. However, if we are talking about a fixed arrangement we can use either will or
the present simple. Compare:
  I guarantee that you'll enjoy the play. (not ...you enjoy...)

joham

The temperature has to reach 32 degrees F before water will freeze.  此句用freezes 也正确。

joham