Future Simple Usage 7: To point out malfunctions, refusals to do something

When something malfunctions or when someone refuses to do something, we can use Future Simple. We use the negative form for that.

Something isn’t working (malfunction):

 The door won’t open

When someone refuses to do something:

 I won’t do it.

However, we have other uses of Future Simple Tense:

• Future Simple Tense
  • Future Simple Introduction: usage overview
  • Future Simple Usage 1: to express spontaneous decisions
  • Future Simple Usage 2: to make predictions
  • Future Simple Usage 3: to make suggestions
  • Future Simple Usage 4: to offer to do something
  • Future Simple Usage 5: to give orders
  • Future Simple Usage 6: to ask someone to do something
  • Future Simple Usage 7: to point out malfunctions, refusals to do something
  • Future Simple Usage 8: after verb “think”
  • Future Simple Usage 9: after verb “hope”
  • Future Simple Additional Rule: after: if / when / after / before / as soon as / unless / until

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