Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Double Future

English Language is always logic. Much more logic than Italian.
But if there's one English grammar rule that I don' understand, it's the "doppio futuro" rule.

If it rains, I'll take the umbrella
(present tense - future tense)

Se pioverà, prenderò l'ombrello
(future tense - future tense).

What's the logic that is under the double future rule?
Because it's logic that I'm referring to a certain moment in the future, that I'll take the umbrella, when it will rain, not when it rains.

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