0
MehmetDEU Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
"will have V3" as "must have V3"
Hi all. I have a question.
I.........................my mind and .............home for the holidays after all.
a-was changing /am not going
b-changed / don't go
c- have changed / won't be going
d-change / haven't gone
e-will have changed / didn't go
It is obvious that the expected choice is C. However, E also seems possible to me by means of the usage of "will have V3" as possibility; I mean "must have V3". To me, the speaker may be a forgetful person, or a drunk or somebody else like that. As a result, he may have forgotten what he did on that period of time in the past. Isn't E is also possible by means of "pragmatics" or the context?
I.........................my mind and .............home for the holidays after all.
a-was changing /am not going
b-changed / don't go
c- have changed / won't be going
d-change / haven't gone
e-will have changed / didn't go
It is obvious that the expected choice is C. However, E also seems possible to me by means of the usage of "will have V3" as possibility; I mean "must have V3". To me, the speaker may be a forgetful person, or a drunk or somebody else like that. As a result, he may have forgotten what he did on that period of time in the past. Isn't E is also possible by means of "pragmatics" or the context?
Top answer
well i think it's c- have changed / won't be going
- well i think it's c- have changed / won't be going
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
5 Answers
0
0
Nope. You'd need a future instead of didn't go in order for e) to work, say:
By tomorrow, moody as I am, I will have probably changed my mind and won't go/won't be going home for the holidays after all.
By tomorrow, moody as I am, I will have probably changed my mind and won't go/won't be going home for the holidays after all.
00
Marius HancuNope. You'd need a future instead of didn't go in order for e) to work, say:What I say is not in t
By tomorrow, moody as I am, I will have probably changed my mind and won't go/won't be going home for the holidays after all.
00
Sorry, I don't get you. Others might.
Something related to possibility/probability in the past, but including must have (and not will):
He must have changed his mind, because he didn't go home for holidays after all.
Something related to possibility/probability in the past, but including must have (and not will):
He must have changed his mind, because he didn't go home for holidays after all.
00
It is the use of the first person that requires the recruitment of far-fetched ideas like drunkenness or forgetfulness to support choice E. Besides, the choice in the second clause would not work with the rest of the sentence.
What you suggest would be more comfortably said in the third person, like this:
He will have changed his mind and not (have) gone home for t
What you suggest would be more comfortably said in the third person, like this:
He will have changed his mind and not (have) gone home for t
0
Related Questions