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Vsuresh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Grammar
Hi
1) By this time tomorrow, I ....who won the game. (to know)
will have known/ will know
I think 'will have known' is a better choice.
2) Thomas and david ......best friends until Thomas discovered that David was being dishonest with him.
were/ had been
I think 'had been' is a better choice
I need your help.
1) By this time tomorrow, I ....who won the game. (to know)
will have known/ will know
I think 'will have known' is a better choice.
2) Thomas and david ......best friends until Thomas discovered that David was being dishonest with him.
were/ had been
I think 'had been' is a better choice
I need your help.
Top answer
who won the game. (to know) will have known/ will know I think 'will have known' is a better choice. will know is better.
- who won the game.
- (to know) will have known/ will know I think 'will have known' is a better choice.
- will know is better.
- It's stative.
- Had it been a dynamic verb like "find out", the perfect form would have been better.
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vsuresh1) By this time tomorrow, I ..who won the game. (to know)will know is better. It's stative.
will have known/ will know
I think 'will have known' is a better choice.
Had it been a dynamic verb like "find out", the perfect form would have been better.
By this time tomorrow I will have found out who won the game.
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And for #2, both will work, but there is really no call for past perfect. 'Until' clearly defines the order of events.
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