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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Grammar?
Hello!
The past perfect describes an event which happened before another event in the past. We use it when we do not want to say the events in the order they happened.
Is it possible to apply the same principle for the future perfect tense.
For example (these are my examples):
1. Bill won't come to the meeting because he will have been working hard yesterday and went to sleep late.
2. Bill worked hard yesterday and went to sleep late, that is why he won't come to the meeting today.
Thank You!
The past perfect describes an event which happened before another event in the past. We use it when we do not want to say the events in the order they happened.
Is it possible to apply the same principle for the future perfect tense.
For example (these are my examples):
1. Bill won't come to the meeting because he will have been working hard yesterday and went to sleep late.
2. Bill worked hard yesterday and went to sleep late, that is why he won't come to the meeting today.
Thank You!
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Anonymous We use it when we do not want to say the events in the order they happened. g. "He had been angry, but now he felt calm".
- Anonymous We use it when we do not want to say the events in the order they happened.
- g.
- "He had been angry, but now he felt calm".
- I cannot at the moment see any useful analogy between time order with past perfect and time order with future perfect.
- Your example is not a true "temporal" use of future perfect.
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AnonymousWe use it when we do not want to say the events in the order they happened.It is also sometimes used when events are in order, e.g. "He had been angry, but now he felt calm".
I cannot at the moment see any useful analogy between time order with past perfect and time order with future perfect.
Your example is not a true "tempora
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GPYI cannot at the moment see any useful analogy between time order with past perfect and time order with future perfect.Well, I guess you can say things like "By the time he gets there, they will have left". In that case "will have left" happens before "gets there". This may be the kind of thing you have in mind.
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Anonymousbecause he will have been working hard yesterdayyesterday?
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Anonymousyesterday?Yes. See GPY's remark on "not a true temporal use".
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