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Build zany 1 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Future tense or future perfect tense?

I'm EFL learner. While I was reading a dialogue for studying, I found this sentence,

"we'll be gone for several days."

The situation in the dialogue is this: there're three people talking about their plans for the industry conference only two weeks away. they're going to take the same flight, so they decided to ride together from the office to the airport. Then one of people is concerned about a parking fee because they'll be gone for several days(conference will be held in Boston). They will not be here for several days.

in this situation, could it be possible using this sentence"we'll have left for several days." Instead of "we'll be gone for several days."?

if it's not possible, then why?

As I know future perfect tense indicates that an action will have been completed at some point in the future.

thanks for aswering my question.

  

Top answer

build zany 1 we'll have left for several days. Not possible. Leaving is more or less an instantaneous action so it can't go with "for several days".

— CalifJim

  • build zany 1 we'll have left for several days.
  • Not possible.
  • Leaving is more or less an instantaneous action so it can't go with "for several days".
  • You can't leave a place for several days any more than a bomb can explode for several days.
  • CJ
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build zany 1we'll have left for several days.

Not possible.

Leaving is more or less an instantaneous action so it can't go with "for several days". You can't leave a place for several days any more than a bomb can explode for several days.

CJ

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