Learn English – Does this sentence make sense? – would expect to receive

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Could someone please check if the following sentence makes sense/correct?

As discussed earlier, there is one more video in the pipeline you would expect to receive by the end of September.

It should be a polite version of saying “you want to receive it by September” but it just sounds a bit odd to me…

Best Answer

The way people usually phrase that is "... you can expect to receive by ..."

"Expecting" is something the person does (or not) at his own will. So you don't make the determination that he expects, or will or would expect ... only that he can expect. Likewise with "want": you don't really know if he wants to receive it or not.

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