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Soveida Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Situation and circumstances
Hi everyone, thanks for your help.
Before the film begins all the tickets will have been sold.
The future perfect tense is being used and is used to express a completed action in the future
Bear in mind that the situation/circumstances are important. Under what circumstances is `ARE BEING` possible in the sentence above in place of `WILL HAVE BEEN`?
Please explain if you can.
Soveida
Before the film begins all the tickets will have been sold.
The future perfect tense is being used and is used to express a completed action in the future
Bear in mind that the situation/circumstances are important. Under what circumstances is `ARE BEING` possible in the sentence above in place of `WILL HAVE BEEN`?
Please explain if you can.
Soveida
Top answer
The tickets are being sold at a premium. So I doubt if all the tickets will have been sold out before the film begins. Does that help?
- The tickets are being sold at a premium.
- So I doubt if all the tickets will have been sold out before the film begins.
- Does that help?
- Pastel
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The tickets are being sold at a premium. So I doubt if all the tickets will have been sold out before the film begins.
Does that help?
Pastel
Does that help?
Pastel
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Under what circumstances...?
I would reverse the order of the clauses if I changed to "are being" there.
All the tickets are being sold before the film begins. = All the tickets are going to be sold before the film begins.
CJ
I would reverse the order of the clauses if I changed to "are being" there.
All the tickets are being sold before the film begins. = All the tickets are going to be sold before the film begins.
CJ
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