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Lcchang Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

future progressive/ future perfect tense

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    00We will be forgetting everything by next week.02br
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    00We'll have forgotten everything by next week.02br
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    00By the end of the year, they'll be learning all they need to know.02br
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    00By the end of the year, they'll have learned all they need to know.02br
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00I don't understand sentence 1 and 3 because the their tense confuse me. I think sentence 2 and 4 are fine. These four sentences are all printed in my textbook. Could anyone please explain why 1 and 3 are reasonable.0-
  

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0 We/they will be in the process of ......ing. 0-
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01cite10Lcchang12cite10We will be forgetting everything by next week.12blockquote
10 If you test us before next week, you will see that we are already beginning to forget everything.01blockquote
01cite10Lcchang12cite10By the end of the year, they'll be learning all they n
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0Will both the processes in 1 and 3 end by next week and by the end of the year? If they do, why not use future perfect tense? If they don't, why not use future perfect progressive? Please advise, thanks.0-
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0May I ask one more thing?02br
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00I will be finishing this book tomorrow.02br
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00I will be finishing this book by tomorrow.02br
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00We'll be forgetting everything next week.02br
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00We'll be forgetting everything by next week.02br
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00Do they all sound OK?02br
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