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Omar Ahmed Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

A puzzling question

It’s five past six. The train will have left by now. We have to look for another
way to travel to London.

Is the use of "will have+pp" correct here? Is it OK to use it talk about something that we think has already happened?

  

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Omar Ahmed It’s five past six. The train will have left by now. We have to look for another way to travel to London.

— CalifJim

  • Omar Ahmed It’s five past six.
  • The train will have left by now.
  • We have to look for another way to travel to London.
  • Is the use of "will have+pp" correct here?
  • Yes.
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Omar Ahmed

It’s five past six. The train will have left by now. We have to look for another
way to travel to London.

Is the use of "will have+pp" correct here? Yes.
Is it OK to use it talk about something that we think has already happened? Yes, as long as it makes sense, but

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