My sister doesn't know whether tomorrow can be a holiday for her.
This is a sentence improvement question asked in my exam. Which of the below given two options is the correct answer ?
A) My sister doesn't know whether tomorrow will be a holiday for her.
B) My sister doesn't know whether tomorrow is a holiday for her.
For me both sentences convey same meaning but I can't figure which one to choose as answer.
Best Answer
This is a poor question since all of the verbs are grammatical and could be used according to the context: can, will, is. It's one of those questions where you have to shrink your skull down so it fits into the mindset of the examiner. You have to ask yourself, which context is the most "usual".
She may not be able to elect to take the day off. She may have to work even if the organization regards the day as a holiday.
Tomorrow may be a holiday for the organization, but she may have to work nonetheless. Perhaps she is waiting to hear from her boss in this regard.
She doesn't know whether the organization she works at treats tomorrow as a holiday.