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Dala Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Starting
The party will have been starting when the guest arrives.
Does it mean the party will have started and continued started up to the time the guest arrives?
Does it mean the party will have started and continued started up to the time the guest arrives?
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It's an unnatural sentence. We'd say The party will have started or The party will be starting. Present perfect progressive is rarely appropriate for 'start' or 'begin',
- It's an unnatural sentence.
- We'd say The party will have started or The party will be starting.
- Present perfect progressive is rarely appropriate for 'start' or 'begin',
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It's an unnatural sentence. We'd say The party will have started or The party will be starting.
Present perfect progressive is rarely appropriate for 'start' or 'begin',
Present perfect progressive is rarely appropriate for 'start' or 'begin',
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