
Hi Everyone, I just joined this forum today when the Japanese English teacher I worked with threw me a tough grammar question.
She gave me these examples and asked why native speakers usually say A instead of B.
A: If it is sunny tomorrow, I'll go out.
B: If it'll be sunny tomorrow, I'll go out.
She wonders why the present tense is used in the if clause when it's obviously referring to the future.
All I could come up with is that going to be seems to be more appropriate there. For example... If it's going to be sunny tomorrow, I'll go out. Yet, the going to be can just be left out.
Aaah, it's rather confusing to me, so please give me any suggestions you may have.
Thanks
Ruby