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Why does she say "when will my life begin", not "when my life will begin"?

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Rebecca

She says "when will my life begin" because she is asking herself "when is my life going to begin?" If she had said "when my life will begin", the meaning would change because she would be saying that her life is "going to begin", as though she knows when that will happen.

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