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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Future perfect or "will"

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?You'll have forgotten me in a week.

?You'll forget me in a week.

Can I change ? into ?.

If possible, are these the same meaning?
  

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There's not much actual difference in meaning. No. 1 puts emphasis on the completion of the precess, No.

  • There's not much actual difference in meaning.
  • No.
  • 1 puts emphasis on the completion of the precess, No.
  • 2 sees it as something still waiting to happen.
  • Just two slightly different ways to see the same thing, really.
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There's not much actual difference in meaning. No. 1 puts emphasis on the completion of the precess, No. 2 sees it as something still waiting to happen. Just two slightly different ways to see the same thing, really.

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