Simple future or future perfect
Hi
I have a question on this sentence.
By this time next year Vineeth will have completed his degree course at ABC University.
Is simple future (will complete) as natural as future perfect here?
Please give your views.
Suresh
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vsuresh Is simple future (will complete) as natural as future perfect here? I'd have to say no. It's not bad, and there is nothing wrong with sentences like that with the simple future, but we expect the future perfect tense with a by -phrase of time ( by this time next year ) when we want to say that something will already have happened when that time arrives.
- vsuresh Is simple future (will complete) as natural as future perfect here?
- I'd have to say no.
- It's not bad, and there is nothing wrong with sentences like that with the simple future, but we expect the future perfect tense with a by -phrase of time ( by this time next year ) when we want to say that something will already have happened when that time arrives.
- CJ
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vsureshIs simple future (will complete) as natural as future perfect here?
I'd have to say no. It's not bad, and there is nothing wrong with sentences like that with the simple future, but we expect the future perfect tense with a by-phrase of time (by this time next year) when we want to say that something will already have happened when tha
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