"Mom asks if you help her" and "Mom asks whether you help her"
I'm interested in which tense I should use after IF: future simple or just present simple?
So, perhaps the sentence "Mom asks if you'll help her" is correct.
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1If she is requesting help, yes, it's 'asks if you will help her'.– Kate BuntingCommented May 18, 2020 at 13:38
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When "whether" or "if" introduces an indirect question, you can use the future tense when appropriate:
Mom asks whether you will help her. [Mom asks : Will you help her?]
"If" is often used in the sense of "whether" :
Mom asks if you will help her.
answered May 18, 2020 at 14:16
