Grammar check! "I will in future" - "I'll in future" - Why doesn't it work?

RoyMi6 · 12 Oct 2011 at 15:38

I've got a German friend who's English is pretty good.

He came out with an interesting sentence today which was:

"I'll in future" when he meant "I will in future".

Being a complete moron with grammar myself I'm unable to tell him why it doesn't work. I'm also having difficultly finding anything on the net as I don't really know what I'm searching for.

Classic case of dumb leading the blind.

Any help? Why can't/don't we say "I'll in"?

Roy

RoyMi6 · 12 Oct 2011 at 16:17

Cheers guys, I'll point him in the direction of this thread as it's better than any answer I've been able to give him

Jay794 - To answer your question to say his English is quite good is an understatement. There's some times when people meet him that they don't know he's German, and he enjoys that - so he's always looking to improve and try things with language.

FlyingPig - I see you noticed my test!

(hides face in shame)

RoyMi6 · 12 Oct 2011 at 16:26

Chojin said:
Another one that doesn't work for me is "I've a ..." rather than "I have a ...".

Works for me fine:

"I've a brown dog" - not written in an essay but spoken it works.

(Scottish FYI)

RoyMi6 · 12 Oct 2011 at 16:31

LeJosh said:
That still sounds retarded Roy.

Cheers for the backup!

Elixir said:
Aye a ken but wit ye say win yer speakin isnae really the same hing eh?

And this man speaks the truth