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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Backshifted?

CalifJim
anonymousin your second sentence, "the eight years on the council" has already passed by the time the speaker says this sentence

Yes.

CJ

In one of your examples, 2021 is yet to come and hasn't passed though? Or it doesn't matter?

"At the rate they're going, they will have traveled to 20 different countries by June of 2021.

(It's really too bad that they had to give up their project.) At the rate they were going, they would have traveled to 20 different countries by June of 2021."

  

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anonymous Or it doesn't matter? Yes, it matters. anonymous At the rate they're going, they will have traveled to 20 different countries by June of 2021.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous Or it doesn't matter?
  • Yes, it matters.
  • anonymous At the rate they're going, they will have traveled to 20 different countries by June of 2021.
  • This is said well before 2021.
  • It's a sort of prediction of the future.
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anonymousOr it doesn't matter?

Yes, it matters.

anonymousAt the rate they're going, they will have traveled to 20 different countries by June of 2021.

This is said well before 2021. It's a sort of prediction of the future.

anonymous(It's really too bad that they had to give up their pro
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