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Antwn Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

grammar

Hello
Can someone explain the difference between
"I have to go by tomorrow"
"I have to have gone by tommorow"

In addition, is there a way to express the above question using "I will have......."?

Thank you for your time
  

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The first is standing at the present looking from your viewpoint at the future at about the time you are going, with a sense of you doing being the active actor The second is looking at the event with a sense of the time being after you have gone, and with a certain sense of the event happening to/being required of you. I will go (by) tomorrow. I will have gone (by) tomorrow.

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  • The first is standing at the present looking from your viewpoint at the future at about the time you are going, with a sense of you doing being the active actor The second is looking at the event with a sense of the time being after you have gone, and with a certain sense of the event happening to/being required of you.
  • I will go (by) tomorrow.
  • I will have gone (by) tomorrow.
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The first is standing at the present looking from your viewpoint at the future at about the time you are going, with a sense of you doing being the active actor
The second is looking at the event with a sense of the time being after you have gone, and with a certain sense of the event happening to/being required of you.

I will go (by) tomorrow.
I will have gone (by) tomorrow.
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