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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Has settled
“I think we were both taken aback a little by the harshness of the ban [a punishment for 35 breaches of the FA rule prohibiting footballers from betting on the outcome of matches] but once the dust has settled Joey will be fine.”
Does "has settled" refer to the future in the above?
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Anonymous ... ” Does "has settled" refer to the future in the above? Yes, because of the subordinator of time "once" ~ "as soon as".
- Anonymous ...
- ” Does "has settled" refer to the future in the above?
- Yes, because of the subordinator of time "once" ~ "as soon as".
- Most subordinators of time ( when, before, after, once, as soon as, ...
- , 'has', and accompanied by a non-past tense in the main clause.
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Anonymous... once the dust has settled Joey will be fine.”
Does "has settled" refer to the future in the above?
Yes, because of the subordinator of time "once" ~ "as soon as".
Most subordinators of time (when, before, after, once, as soon as, ...) force a future reading when they are followed by a verb with a present-tense inflection, e.g.
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