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Why word future events in the present?
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If you're around tomorrow, stop by.
I'll eat when I'm hungry.
She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes.
You're around tomorrow, I'm hungry, and she comes are describing future events but use present wording.
In fact, the corresponding future wording is wrong or at best awkward:
? If you'll be around tomorrow, stop by.
* I'll eat when I'll be hungry.
* She'll be coming around the mountain when she'll come.
Why?
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