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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
tense
You (see) Wang at the meeting? No, he (be) on holiday next week.
If you have to use the word in the bracket to complete the whole sentence with correct tense, what is your answer?
My answer is:
Will you see Wang at the meeting? No, he will have been on holiday next week.
But the answer is:
Will you be seeing Wang at the meeting? No, he will be on holiday next week.
I can understand the meaning of the answer, while I figure my answer makes sense too. How do you feel about it?
If you have to use the word in the bracket to complete the whole sentence with correct tense, what is your answer?
My answer is:
Will you see Wang at the meeting? No, he will have been on holiday next week.
But the answer is:
Will you be seeing Wang at the meeting? No, he will be on holiday next week.
I can understand the meaning of the answer, while I figure my answer makes sense too. How do you feel about it?
Top answer
" makes sense, and might be used, but the given answer seems better in typical situations. "he will have been on holiday next week" isn't right. "will have been" is used to look back from a projected point in the future.
- " makes sense, and might be used, but the given answer seems better in typical situations.
- "he will have been on holiday next week" isn't right.
- "will have been" is used to look back from a projected point in the future.
- Here you are just looking at the future.
- There is no "looking back" aspect.
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"Will you see **** at the meeting?" makes sense, and might be used, but the given answer seems better in typical situations.
"he will have been on holiday next week" isn't right. "will have been" is used to look back from a projected point in the future. Here you are just looking at the future. There is no "looking back" aspect.
"he will have been on holiday next week" isn't right. "will have been" is used to look back from a projected point in the future. Here you are just looking at the future. There is no "looking back" aspect.
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Isn't the action of 'see' temporary? Why do you use a continuous expression?
e.g. 1.You will have reached Shanghai by this time tomorrow.
2.Pick me up at 8 o'clock,I will have had breakfast by then.
3.We shall(will) have learned 12 units by the end of this term.
'by...' is the projected point which you have referred, right? Only in such situations
e.g. 1.You will have reached Shanghai by this time tomorrow.
2.Pick me up at 8 o'clock,I will have had breakfast by then.
3.We shall(will) have learned 12 units by the end of this term.
'by...' is the projected point which you have referred, right? Only in such situations
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rpshWill you be seeing **** at the meeting?The progressive form of "see" almost always has the meaning of "meeting with, talking with."
The simple form of "see" has the meaning of a visual contact only.
rpshNo, he will be on holiday next week.The simple future is correct here.
The future perfect is a much ra
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