Sentence analysis 9/12/06

No

I meant what I wrote there.

sometimes will is an option,other times it is required.

not always unnecessary =  not always is it so that the use of will is an option. Sometimes will is required

To clarify:

1. A day will come when you will no longer remember my face.
— This is fine as it is; the 2nd "will" is predictive. The sentence has a slightly different meaning from the more neutral:

2. A day will come when you no longer remember my face.

3. Tell me when you will arrive.

— This too is fine. It means "tell me your expected time of arrival". It differs substantially from:

4. Tell me when you arrive.

which means "notify me on your arrival".

MrP

Not necessary for a similar effect; but I find the 2nd "will" intensifies the effect, and nullifies the possible temporal ambiguity. Cf.

1. The day will come when you no longer remember my face = ? when you no longer remember my face, the day will come.

But modal verbs are the cause of much dispute, on language forums; no doubt we're all calibrated slightly differently!

MrP

The day will come when you will no longer remember my face.

when here is a time adverbial -- not even  a pronoun, let alone a relative pronoun.

 And it is also a conjunction word.

There is no relative clause here.

This is as obvious as the nose on your face.

when you will no longer remember my face is a wh clause(noun clause)

Hela, why do you not believe me?