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Q) Next month, I _______ John for 20 years (A) know (B) will have known (C) am knowing (D) will have been knowing Question bank says (D) is correct. Surely, (B) is the correct one, right? Edit: I ...
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This is a sample sentence from Cambridge dictionary for the headword "quell". This latest setback will have done nothing to quell the growing doubts about the future of the club. It was ...
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Which sentence would be most appropriate? Next year Anny and I will have been married for 25 years. Next year Anny and I will be married for 25 years. (this sentence came out of a grammar book. I had ...
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The video "Jeremy Clarkson Why The Porsche 928?" is here 0:11. In 1994 I was living in London, I got a call one evening from my mom to say that my dad was desperately ill in a hospital in ...
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Once I finish this pancake I will have had 5 pancakes. Would you kindly explain this kind of future perfect? It's a sort of future retrospective tense, where one is talking about a past tense that ...
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Please tell me what the difference between the following sentences is Tomorrow it will be ten years since we moved in. Tomorrow it will have been ten years since we moved in. Thank you.
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I saw one phrase: He will have eaten it until it made him sick. Why don't we say ...until it makes him sick? I saw this rule under Time words with no future forms: by the time, until, as soon as, ...
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This sentence tells nothing about the future. "Will" here is used to describe what happened in the past / present. No chance of finding him sober now; he will have been drinking all day. Can you ...
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By the time he comes, we will have already left. Have I correctly reworded the sentence above? Before he comes, we will have already left.
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We say: "The installation should have finished by now" and we can say: "The installation will have finished by tomorrow" But what about this: "The installation should have finished by tomorrow" ...
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Has anyone encountered the future pluperfect before?? I knew a dishonest landlord who knew a dishonest constable. She hadn't yet served a deadbeat tenant with legal notice, but she said "don't worry,...
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Mr. Sanders _______ on a business trip to Tokyo until the end of this week, so he will not be able to complete the sales report as scheduled. A. would have been B. will be C. will have been D. was ...
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Where will I have left my keys? Is this structure grammatical and used? I'm trying to say something like where did I leave my keys? but using will.
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I am not a native speaker of English. Yesterday my teacher was teaching about Future Perfect Tense, and he said that there are some helping verbs which cannot be preceded by another helping verb. Such ...
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Example with a context: Asked if France would join the United States in providing such equipment to the Ukrainian military, Hollande said "the option of negotiation, of diplomacy, cannot be extended ...
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If they’re following their schedule, they will have arrived yesterday. Yesterday? But yesterday is not a part of the future? I'm confused now.
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I can say: By that time, I will have taken ten tests. I want to know, can I in Present Perfect substitute will with be going to? By that time, I am going to have taken ten tests.
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He will have waited there until the lights went out. He will have waited there until the lights have all gone out. He will have waited there until the lights goes out. Are those sentences ...
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John is developing some software, which he plans to monetize in a not-so-distant future. He and Peter are talking to each other. He mentions what he's currently working on and then says to Peter: By ...
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I wonder if this sentence is correct, and is there a better alternative for this sentence. The sentence is: After the Japanese student graduate from the secondary school, he will have learnt 2000 ...
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Is the future perfect tense still common in English? If not how could I say this sentence instead? "I will have typed all the letters by next two hours."
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Reading an answer under this question, I found one interesting point: the use of the future perfect with the verb possess. My question is rather simple. Consider: By that time, I will have possessed ...
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You will have worked tonight. Which auxiliary verb should I change to before subject? will or will have?
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For example in this sentence: If the club limited its membership, it will have to raise its dues. In this, first part of sentence is conditional and is a probable event for future. But I am not sure ...
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I wonder how is Future Perfect Progressive (will have been doing) useful, as I'm feeling that Future Perfect Simple is enough in almost all scenarios. Like By the end of this year, I will have ...
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We can use the future perfect to say of something that it will have been done by a certain time in the future. Does it make sense to use this tense to tell about something by an undefined time in the ...
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I will make you write this letter. or I will make you written this letter. Which of these two sentences is correct? If both, please, tell me where to use each.
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I came across this dialogue: Is it too late to call them? Do you think they'll have gone to bed yet? Knowing them, they won't have finished their dinner yet. They'll be watching a film. My ...
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“To speak truth, sir, I don’t understand you at all; I cannot keep up the conversation, because it has got out of my depth. Only one thing, I know: you said you were not as good as you should ...
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I guess the following responses to the original statements are okay in English: Present Simple: – I go to Starbucks every day. – But Jenny doesn't. – And so does Barry. – Jack also does. – John does, ...
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1. I will do the work by 5 o’clock. It means that we will be able to say "I'm doing the work." at some moment before 5 o'clock inclusive. That is we don't mean the work will already be done/finished ...
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It's said that the future perfect (will + have + past participle) is used to say that something will be completed by a particular time, as in By next summer I'll have finished my degree. But ...
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Situation: At present, I am currently playing COC (Clash of Clan), then I go to sleep, then I wake up. I want to ask what is the difference between these two: After I wake up, the tower that I am ...
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I have the following sentence: Conventional light bulbs will be replaced with energy-saving alternatives by 2020. According to my book, the next sentence is also correct: Conventional light bulbs ...
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My question is one I saw on a site it is.I want to know the difference between the sentences. By 2025, I think we will build a settlement on Mars. and By 2025, I think we will have ...
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I'm working on: Raymond Murphy - English Grammar in Use - English Grammar in Use Fifth Edition In this exercise, I have to choose the correct answer(s): Andy goes to work every day. He leaves home ...
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Put the verbs into correct forms OK, we _______ (leave) you here and _______ (pick) you up in two hours when we _______ (get) back from the town centre. My answer and analysis: OK, we will leave ...
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I've heard that sentence here, as an example for the future perfect continuous. The chicken will have been cooking for an hour. The chicken is the subject, does it cook itself? Is it possible to say ...
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Can I change "would have been cause" to "would have been caused"? If not, please explain. Does the word cause refer to noun? This would have been cause to doubt that divine favour has been bestowed ...
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Is it correct to state that "by" is used with Future Perfect tense in affirmative sentences, and "until" / "till" are interchangeable and used only in negative statements? And what about ...
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It doesn't occur to me that I haven't exactly showered him with love and adoration and overt affection, nor does it occur to me that within five seconds I will have offended every breathing entity ...
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It would be nice to buy a new car. It will have been nice to buy a new car. Please explain the difference between these.
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How often do you use Future Perfect in the US and UK? How does it sound to you? I will have visited Asia by the time I am 30 years old. The mankind will have colonized Mars by 2030. For example: a) ...
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Could you explain, please, the meaning of this sentence (under what circumstances can it be said?): Rob will have passed the exam if he has studied enough. Maybe, it will be easier to explain it if ...
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"Call me in a week; I may/might HAVE CHANGED my mind by then" "Call me in a week; I may/might CHANGE my mind by then" Which version is right? If both are used by native-speakers, ...
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For some reason different Grammar books show a lot of examples of Future Perfect with such adverbs of time (by tomorrow, by next year, by 2050). It may give the impression that you only use such ...
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"Using the teachings, skills and expertise I have gained through this course I’d like to produce..." Do I need to add "I will have gained here" or rather not? Even though skills are not yet acquired, ...
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Sentence: By The end of thirty years, I will have travelled to Europe? After 30 years, What is the exact location of me?
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I'm not sure which is the correct one in the following sentences. 1: I'm going to go for a walk with him after he finished his work. 2: I'm going to go for a walk with him after he has finished ...
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Mat Armstrong, REBUILDING A WRECKED AUDI R8 I BOUGHT FOR MY FRIEND -> here, 25:50 That's going to get repaired. Bob can do that on the Saturday. So, probably would have done it by the time you're ...
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