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Q&A Why word future events in the present?

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 fu...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by msh210‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar msh210‭ · 2020-12-05T23:00:56Z (over 3 years ago)
Why word future events in the present?
> 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?