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Postmodernbliss Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Active future perfect vs. Passive future perfect

Hello,

Many kind thanks in advance for whomever can share their view on the following active/passive future perfect sentences:

The project will have completed by January.

The project will have been completed by January.

My feeling is that the differentiation of these two sentences rests on the focus. The first focuses merely on the project being finished, while the second one focuses on the project being completed by who/whomever was working on it.

I am a little unsure if my aforementioned conclusion is correct.

Thank you.

P.S. - all you you generously give your time to answer questions are awesome folks.
  

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postmodernbliss The project will have completed by January. This doesn't exist in my variety of English. A project can't complete.

— CalifJim

  • postmodernbliss The project will have completed by January.
  • This doesn't exist in my variety of English.
  • A project can't complete.
  • People complete projects.
  • postmodernbliss The project will have been completed by January.
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postmodernblissThe project will have completed by January.
This doesn't exist in my variety of English. A project can't complete. People complete projects.
postmodernblissThe project will have been completed by January.
OK. Someone will have completed the project by January, so the project will have been completed by Janu
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CalifJimThis doesn't exist in my variety of English.
CalifJimThis doesn't exist in my variety of English.
Nor in mine, though I do hear it these days.
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