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[muni]

You said you will send the list tomorrow and now it's been a week, when would your tomorrow come,

is this above sentence cortrect

[bud]

It may be, Muni, but I'm not sure. If i were writing it, I would swap positions for 'will' and 'would:'

You said you would send the list tomorrow and now it's been a week. When will your tomorrow come?

In this first sentence, 'would' is past tense for 'will' (I think). Since the promise has already been said, 'would' sounds better and is probably the correct choice.

In the second sentence, 'would' doesn't work well to indicate the future. It's a diiferent sense of 'would' in this sentence. While 'would' is often used to indicate the future, it sounds awkward here. Unfortunately, it is beyond my knowledge to explain why. This is another question for a grammar guru.

Besides that, it is very natural-sounding! Good job!