Future tense does not work for me
- Elmira will be promised a trip to Dubai if she passes her exams.
Do you you think the sentence is natural?
The problem I see is that it is in future tense. The promise presumable applies in advance, and so should be in a present tense (is promised or has been promised)
Top answer
"will be", "is" and "has been" are all possible, depending on when the promise is made. Yes, it's possible that the author got mixed and erroneously applied the future sense of the trip and the exams to the verb "promised", but I think we can't be certain.
- "will be", "is" and "has been" are all possible, depending on when the promise is made.
- Yes, it's possible that the author got mixed and erroneously applied the future sense of the trip and the exams to the verb "promised", but I think we can't be certain.
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"will be", "is" and "has been" are all possible, depending on when the promise is made. Yes, it's possible that the author got mixed and erroneously applied the future sense of the trip and the exams to the verb "promised", but I think we can't be certain.
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