http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WonderIf/dvxlp/post.htm#274466Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:12:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:274466Mister Micawber0http://www.englishforums.com/English/WonderIf/dvxlp/post.htm#274466http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-274466.xml#1 is fine-- a musing on the future. I wonder if she'll come here next Tuesday night. #2 has no such specific meaning for me; it is simply a musing on habit*. I wonder if she comes here every Tuesday night . The use of the phrase I wonder if seems to me to be independent of the tense of the dependent clause. *NB: this includes any use of come as vulgar slang.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WonderIf/dvxlp/post.htm#274465Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:12:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:274465milky1http://www.englishforums.com/English/WonderIf/dvxlp/post.htm#274465http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-274465.xmlTeleostomi wrote: (a) I wonder if she' ll come. (b) I wonder if she come s . Question (1): Is (b) a wrong sentence? Question (2): I think (a) mostly means "I want to know if she comes." But can it also mean "I doubt that she comes."? "B" is not incorrect if the word "come" is slang for orgasm there, but I doubt it is. It could be literal and refer to a habitual situation. "A" can express doubt, yes. There would be stress on ""I" and "wonder" in such cases.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WonderIf/dvxlp/post.htmSat, 24 Jan 2009 02:12:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:274463Teleostomi2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WonderIf/dvxlp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-274463.xml(a) I wonder if she' ll come. (b) I wonder if she come s . Question (1): Is (b) a wrong sentence? Question (2): I think (a) mostly means "I want to know if she comes." But can it also mean "I doubt that she comes."?