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Fab54 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Tenses

0 Hi everyone, 02br
00Let's take the sentence "I'm tired because I have been working hard" (in the present) 02br
00In the past, we would have: "I was tired because I had been working hard" 02br
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00Question 1 02br
00What would the sentence be in the future: 02br
001a) I will be tired because I will have been working hard or 02br
001b) I will be tired because Iwould have been working hard 02br
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00Question 2 02br
00Imagine now that (in the past) I didn't work, I could say: 02br
00"I would have been tired if I had been working hard" 02br
00Now I want to express the same idea (conditional), but in the future (something was supposed to happen but wont happen anymore), e.g Imagine I was supposed to work tomorrow but my boss called to say that I dont work anymore tomorrow, so what should I say: 02br
002a) (Tomorrow) I would have been tired if I had been working hard or 02br
002b) ...????.... I don't know.... 02br
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00I hope I was clear enough 05000 and I hope you can help me02br
00Thanks 010id1
  

Top answer

0 Hello Fab54 02br 02br 00I'm a learner from Japan. I think I'm not a right person to answer to your question, but let me try. I'm sure some of moderators will come if I make serious mistakes.

— Paco2004

  • 0 Hello Fab54 02br 02br 00I'm a learner from Japan.
  • I think I'm not a right person to answer to your question, but let me try.
  • I'm sure some of moderators will come if I make serious mistakes.
  • 02br 01blockquote 00What would the sentence be in the future: 12br 101a) I will be tired because I will have been working hard.
  • 12br 101b) I will be tired because I would have been working hard.
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0 Hello Fab54 02br
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00I'm a learner from Japan. I think I'm not a right person to answer to your question, but let me try. I'm sure some of moderators will come if I make serious mistakes. 02br
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00What would the sentence be in the future: 12br
101a) I will be tired because I will have been working hard. 12br
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0 1. I'll be tired because I'll have been working hard. 02br
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00I'm not sure there is logically such a thing as a future counterfactual. 02br
00I suppose "I would be tired tomorrow if I worked hard" or "I would have
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0 This is what i would normally say according to your sentence though i am not sure if they are the best sentences. Tenses can be confusing therefore i'd rather opt for simple tenses when constructing a sentence. 02br
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00Q1 02br
001a. I will be tired because I will have to work hard (later, tomorrow) 02br
001b. I will be tired because I would be wo
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0 hello everybody, 02br
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00My guess: 02br
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00Q1 02br
00I will be tired tomorrow because I will be working hard. 02br
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00Q2 02br
00I will be tired tomorrow if I have to work hard. 02br
00I think "if I'm working hard" and "if I work hard" are also possible. 0-
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0 Thank you to all of you for your suggestions. (Y) 0-
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