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Confusing English Grammar:

Don�t use �will� after 'When'
Let�s see these examples:
1. What time will you meet me tomorrow?
2. I�ll meet you when I get home from work.
The second sentence is a sentence with two parts:
The main part: �I will meet you�
The when part: �when I get home from work (tomorrow)�
The time in the sentence is future, but we use a present tense (get) in the when part of the sentence.
Don�t use will in the when part of the sentence:
� I will go to English Grammar class when it stops raining. (not �when it will stop�)
� When you are in London again, you must phone me.
The same thing happens after: while, before, after, as soon as, until or till.
� I am going to buy an English Grammar book while I�m on holiday. (not �while I will be�)

Another confusing Grammar:
�I would rather you did something�. This is not a past tense.

When you want somebody to do something, you can say �I�d rather you did something�:
�Shall I stay here?� �I�d rather you came with us.�
�Shall I tell them the news?� �No. I�d rather they didn�t know.�
In this structure we use the past (came, did etc.), but the meaning is present or future, not past.
Compare:
� I would rather cook the dinner now.
� But- I would rather you cooked the dinner now. (not �I�d rather you cook�)
The negative is �I�d rather you didn�t��:
� I�d rather you didn�t tell anyone what I said about English Grammar.
� �Do you mind if I smoke?� �I�d rather you didn�t.
Some times we can�t write many articles or essay correctly. And also we can�t speak English in a correct way because of our lacking in this type of English Grammar. These confusing Grammars make us confused a lot. That�s why I wanted to get some help in confusing English Grammar. And I got a great help from this site: http://www.advance-english-grammar.blogspot.com . It provides this type of many confusing Grammars.

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