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Snappy Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

In future/In the future

I thought "in future" meant "from now on" and a little different from "in the future."

Therefore, I was using, "You must be careful in future." and "He will come to Japan in the future."

I wonder if "in future" is acceptable in the US, because Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English says "in future" is British English.
  

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Your understanding is correct. As a native speaker of AmE, I have no problem being understood with remarks like, "See that in future you address me as Mr. " I guess I'm just another Anglophile.

— Avangi

  • Your understanding is correct.
  • As a native speaker of AmE, I have no problem being understood with remarks like, "See that in future you address me as Mr.
  • " I guess I'm just another Anglophile.
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Your understanding is correct.

As a native speaker of AmE, I have no problem being understood with remarks like, "See that in future you address me as Mr. XYZ."

I guess I'm just another Anglophile.
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If it meant "from this point forward", I am more comfortable with "in the future" as a fixed phrase.
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I have as many British English expressions in my vocabulary as most Americans and more than many, but this sound totally wrong to me.

In THE future.
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Pardon me GG, for my own understanding, do you mean "in the future" is wrong, or the version without the "the" ?
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Snappy Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English says "in future" is British English.
I wonder if you could give us an example, Snappy, as mine seems to be causing a bit of a stir.

Thanks, - A.
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"In future = from now on"
(Collins Concise Dictionary)

CB
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I will always say "In THE future" and if I hear "In future" in an American accent, I will assume it's someone mis-speaking.

That one lives completely on the other side of the pond for me.
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Avangi
Snappy Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English says "in future" is British English.
I wonder if you could give us an example, Snappy, as mine seems to be causing a bit of a stir.

Thanks, - A.

I thought "in future" meant "from now on" and a little different from "in the future."
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