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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

He will have been at home at the time.

1)He will have been at home then.
I need to know the tense of the sentence above.
Is this the past tense or future?
  

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This is a modal perfect form. It is using the modal will to assert certainty about a past-time situation.

— Fivejedjon

  • This is a modal perfect form.
  • It is using the modal will to assert certainty about a past-time situation.
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This is a modal perfect form. It is using the modal will to assert certainty about a past-time situation.
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Thanks,Mr.fivejedjon.
Do you use this form often?
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It's not rare, but I don't have occasion to use it often.
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Thanks again!
The expression "He was probably at home then." is more common?
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AnonymousThe expression "He was probably at home then." is more common?..you
Probably, but it means something slightly different. In He will have been at home, the speaker is saying that s/he is certain that the other person was at home. This is stronger than probability.

It is the situation that is not particularly common, not the words
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Thank you for all the help !
I've understood well
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