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Tlzone08 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

"will have pp" does this make sense?

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00Can someone tell me if these make sense?02br
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00"She will have posted the mail yesterday."02br
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00"He will have heard the news last night."02br
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00If they make sense, then what do you think they mean?02br
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00If they are wrong, then why are they wrong?0-
  

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0They are fine. The speaker is making an informed guess or assurance at to a past event. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 0They are fine.
  • The speaker is making an informed guess or assurance at to a past event.
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0They are fine. The speaker is making an informed guess or assurance at to a past event. This is called 'future in the past'.0-
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0 You can also think of these as illustrations of the 01i00will02i00 of probability.02br
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01i00She (has) probably posted the mail yesterday.02br
00 He (has) probably heard the news last night.02i02br
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00 They are perfectly good English sentences.02br
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