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I can show you something interesting if you (  ) here tomorrow.

hirashin

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Dear native English speakers,
Which would be used?
(a) I can show you something interesting if you come here tomorrow.
(b) I can show you something interesting if you will come here tomorrow.
(c) I can show you something interesting if you are coming here tomorrow.
(d) I can show you something interesting if you are going to come here tomorrow.
(e) I can show you something interesting if you will be coming here tomorrow.

Thanks in advance.
Hirashin
 
Answer A would be the closest, but it might be easier to say, "If you show up tomorrow I can show you something cool".
 
Thank you for the help, bluemariodog, johnnyG and saikyoJoe.
SaikyoJoe, what's your native language if I may ask?
Answer A by large margin.
Sorry, I don't get it. What do you mean by that?
Answer A would be the closest, but it might be easier to say, "If you show up tomorrow I can show you something cool".
bluemariodog, thank you for the colloquial expression. I didn't know "show up" is used that way.
 
large margin can mean かなり、大幅に、大差で など

I agree (a) is best. I think they are all ok grammatically.
 
I think it depends on what the intent of the sentence is supposed to be. (a) and (b) would be taken as a request for them to come if they would like to see the something cool. While (c), (d) and (e) mean that if the other person is already planning on going to the location you can show them something cool.
 
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