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Frostwhite Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Future Perfect Tense

Is this possible to ask using the future perfect tense?

What will you have been after ten years?

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In my opinion this question is most likely to be asked using the simple future. What will you be in ten years? The future perfect is often used when you want to express how much/many of something has been completed by a point in time in the future.

— Ivanhr

  • In my opinion this question is most likely to be asked using the simple future.
  • What will you be in ten years?
  • The future perfect is often used when you want to express how much/many of something has been completed by a point in time in the future.
  • I will have finished my homework by the time you return.
  • In your example the focus is not on how much/many but on what, therefore, I wouldn't use the future perfect.
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In my opinion this question is most likely to be asked using the simple future.

What will you be in ten years?

The future perfect is often used when you want to express how much/many of something has been completed by a point in time in the future.

I will have finished my homework by the time you return.

In your example the focus is not on how much/many but on
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Ivanhr
In my opinion this question is most likely to be asked using the simple future.

What will you be in ten years?

The future perfect is often used when you want to express how much/many of something has been completed by a point in time in the future.

I will have finished my homework by the time you return.

In your example the
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frostwhiteIs this possible to ask using the future perfect tense?

What will you have been after ten years?


It's very unusual. I don't recommend it. With the verb do, however, or accomplish, it sounds a little better:

What will you have done after ten years?
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