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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Past in the Future
Future in the past can be described using 'would' and 'was going to'.
Is there a simple grammatical way to describe the opposite - 'past in the future'?
Is there a simple grammatical way to describe the opposite - 'past in the future'?
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Hi, Mary is going to cook dinner at 6 pm tomorrow. It will take her exactly one hour. She can say, right now, ' At 7:01 pm tomorrow, I will have finished cooking dinner'.
- Hi, Mary is going to cook dinner at 6 pm tomorrow.
- It will take her exactly one hour.
- She can say, right now, ' At 7:01 pm tomorrow, I will have finished cooking dinner'.
- Clive
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Hi,
Mary is going to cook dinner at 6 pm tomorrow. It will take her exactly one hour.
She can say, right now, 'At 7:01 pm tomorrow, I will have finished cooking dinner'.
Clive
Mary is going to cook dinner at 6 pm tomorrow. It will take her exactly one hour.
She can say, right now, 'At 7:01 pm tomorrow, I will have finished cooking dinner'.
Clive
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Thanks, Clive, for suggesting the future perfect tense as one suitable option.
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