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Yes. However, I would change "how well they are standing up under..." to "how well they stand up to..."

Feebs11Yes. However, I would change "how well they are standing up under..." to "how well they stand up to..."

since Friday morning the men will have been performing a complicated series of physiological and neurological tests

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It's not referring to the future. Both Thursday and Friday are in the past from the point of view of the writer.

Nona The BritIt's not referring to the future. Both Thursday and Friday are in the past from the point of view of the writer.

Indeed, it's in the past, a future-in-the-past construction, indicating certitude/high probability on the outcome.

Hi,

I think the whole context of your paragraph is such that the person is thinking about the possible outcome (or outcomes), as Marius suggested I think, based on his planned process. Look at the phrase that appears at the beginning, it is "If everything has gone according to plan." You are not talking about what has actually happened, but something that might have happened in the

The word "might" sounds much too unsure. The person who wrote the sentence is assuming that the planned activities did in fact happen. He/she simply hasn't had a chance to verify it yet -- which is the reason for the 'if'.

'If everything has gone according to plan' means 'assuming it is true that everything has gone according to plan (i.e. as expected)'.