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Question about tenses
Suppose you are planning to work part-time to earn money this winter vacation. And you are also going to visit Morocco for two weeks with that money during the same vacation. What would you say? One possible way would be
"This winter vacation I am going to take a two-week trip to Morocco with the money I (am going to make>will make>make) by doing a part-time job."
But I am not sure which tense to use in the parenthesis. Could someone tell me which is best and why? I would also appreciate suggestions of better constructions.
Eamer
"This winter vacation I am going to take a two-week trip to Morocco with the money I (am going to make>will make>make) by doing a part-time job."
But I am not sure which tense to use in the parenthesis. Could someone tell me which is best and why? I would also appreciate suggestions of better constructions.
Eamer
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[nq:1]Suppose you are planning to work part-time to earn money this winter vacation. And you are also going to visit ... "[/nq] Or indeed "I will be making", "I will have made", "I will have been making", "I am going to have made", "I am going to have been making" etc.
- [nq:1]Suppose you are planning to work part-time to earn money this winter vacation.
- And you are also going to visit ...
- "[/nq] Or indeed "I will be making", "I will have made", "I will have been making", "I am going to have made", "I am going to have been making" etc.
- etc.
- ) But in casual conversation I think I would just say 'make' (and leave out the 'by' at that).
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[nq:1]Suppose you are planning to work part-time to earn money this winter vacation. And you are also going to visit ... take a two-week trip to Morocco with the money I (am going to make>will make>make) by doing a part-time job."[/nq]
Or indeed "I will be making", "I will have made", "I will have been making", "I am going to have made", "I am going to have been making" etc. etc.
Or indeed "I will be making", "I will have made", "I will have been making", "I am going to have made", "I am going to have been making" etc. etc.
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[nq:2]"This winter vacation I am going to take a two-week ... (am going to make>will make>make) by doing a part-time job."[/nq]
[nq:1]Or indeed "I will be making", "I will have made", "I will have been making", "I am going to have ... job implies that - if it was a current job, you'd say 'the money I make doing *my* part-time job'.[/nq]
Hmm. There seems to be a lot of possibilities.
[nq:1]Or indeed "I will be making", "I will have made", "I will have been making", "I am going to have ... job implies that - if it was a current job, you'd say 'the money I make doing *my* part-time job'.[/nq]
Hmm. There seems to be a lot of possibilities.
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[nq:1]Specifically why is it that you could just say "make" to refer to the future? Is it in the present tense or what?[/nq]
It's reasonably common to use the present tense to refer to the near future:
"Tomorrow, we go shopping!"
"First, we finish our work. Later, we eat."
"We leave at 6 p.m. on the dot!"
I know other languages (like Spanish) allow for this sort of thing t
It's reasonably common to use the present tense to refer to the near future:
"Tomorrow, we go shopping!"
"First, we finish our work. Later, we eat."
"We leave at 6 p.m. on the dot!"
I know other languages (like Spanish) allow for this sort of thing t
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