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Johner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Future Tense

"The average woman will kiss 80 men in her lifetime."

Why is this sentence in future tense?
  

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johner Why is this sentence in future tense? 'Will' is the auxiliary of future time.

— Mister Micawber

  • johner Why is this sentence in future tense?
  • 'Will' is the auxiliary of future time.
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johnerWhy is this sentence in future tense?
'Will' is the auxiliary of future time.
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Mister Micawber'Will' is the auxiliary of future time.
Sure. I meant why it wasn't in The Simple Present Tense? It's a general statement, isn't it? Future tense seems absurd in this case.
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johnerFuture tense seems absurd in this case.
It does not seem so to me: it refers to each woman's future.
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Average woman kisses 80 men in her lifetime.

Does that sound weirder than the one with "will"?
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johnerAverage woman kisses 80 men in her lifetime.Does that sound weirder than the one with "will"?
No; they are just alternatives. A native speaker would not think twice about which verb form was used there.
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That's what I wanted to know. Thanks a lot
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