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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Future Perfective

"If he keeps up his spending habits, he will have been $100,000 in debt."

If I take that sentence and claim his father said that, then:

"His father said If he keeps/kept up his spending habits, he will/would have been $100,000 in debt."

What should I do with "keep/kept" and "will/would"?
  

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If he keeps up his spending habits, he will be $100,000 in debt. If he keeps up his spending habits, he will end u p with $100,000 in debt His father said that if he kept up his spending habits, he would be $100,000 in debt. His father said that if he kept up his spending habits, he would end u p with $100,000 in debt.

— JohnParis

  • If he keeps up his spending habits, he will be $100,000 in debt.
  • If he keeps up his spending habits, he will end u p with $100,000 in debt His father said that if he kept up his spending habits, he would be $100,000 in debt.
  • His father said that if he kept up his spending habits, he would end u p with $100,000 in debt.
  • John
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If he keeps up his spending habits, he will be $100,000 in debt.

If he keeps up his spending habits, he will end up with $100,000 in debt

His father said that if he kept up his spending habits, he would be
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So, future perfect doesn't exist?
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You're welcome.

Obviously, the future perfect exists.

Future Perfect has two different forms: "will have done" and "be going to have done." Neither of these forms fit with your sentences.

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/futureperfect.html

John
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So, there is no past tense of future perfect?
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You're welcome.

How can there be a past of a future of anything?

There is no past tense of future perfect, as you say.
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