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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
FUTURE PERFECT? Will have/has
Which would you say please?
1 I'll know who won when I watch the match./ I'll know who will have won/has won the match when I see it.
2 If he misses work today it won't be the first time that he'll have missed/he has missed work.
thanks
1 I'll know who won when I watch the match./ I'll know who will have won/has won the match when I see it.
2 If he misses work today it won't be the first time that he'll have missed/he has missed work.
thanks
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I'll know who won when I watch the match. If he misses work today it will not be the first time that he has missed work. (Because you start the sentence with an "If he misses work today," everything that follows is treated as a certainty, because in only applies if he misses work.
- I'll know who won when I watch the match.
- If he misses work today it will not be the first time that he has missed work.
- (Because you start the sentence with an "If he misses work today," everything that follows is treated as a certainty, because in only applies if he misses work.
- " This is logic, by the way, not grammar.
- ")
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I'll know who won when I watch the match.
If he misses work today it will not be the first time that he has missed work.
(Because you start the sentence with an "If he misses work today," everything that follows is treated as a certainty, because in only applies if he misses work. Thus the "will" and not the conditional "would." This is logic, by the way, not grammar. Perhaps a
If he misses work today it will not be the first time that he has missed work.
(Because you start the sentence with an "If he misses work today," everything that follows is treated as a certainty, because in only applies if he misses work. Thus the "will" and not the conditional "would." This is logic, by the way, not grammar. Perhaps a
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