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Necrophagist Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Future simple or perfect
A: I need to see your report by tomorrow evening.
B: I don't know if I'll finish/will have finished it by then.
What's the difference between these two? Are they both correct?
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The intended meaning is the same either way. They are both correct. You'll see the perfect forms quite often in a sentence with a by -phrase of time ( by then, by the time you want it, ...
- The intended meaning is the same either way.
- They are both correct.
- You'll see the perfect forms quite often in a sentence with a by -phrase of time ( by then, by the time you want it, ...
- ), although the simple future is also commonly used.
- q=%22by+the+time%22+%2Ft%3Afp&l=0&t=0&ffo=true&findid=-1&ff= In this example you actually have a third choice.
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The intended meaning is the same either way. They are both correct.
You'll see the perfect forms quite often in a sentence with a by-phrase of time (by then, by the time you want it, ...), although the simple future is also commonly used.
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