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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Tenses for imagined future

Don't waste your money on useless things, when you need it you won't have any, because you 'will have'/'had'/'would have' spent it already.
Or any other way of saying something like this, where you're just speculating about the future?
  

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Don't waste your money on useless thi ngs: whe n you need it you won't have any, because you will have spent it already . Anonymous Or any other way of saying something like this, where you're just speculating about the future? That seems fine.

  • Don't waste your money on useless thi ngs: whe n you need it you won't have any, because you will have spent it already .
  • Anonymous Or any other way of saying something like this, where you're just speculating about the future?
  • That seems fine.
  • Since you are offering a strong injunction, 'will have' is the appropriate choice.
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Don't waste your money on useless things: when you need it you won't have any, because you will have spent it already.
AnonymousOr any other way of saying something like this, where you're just speculating about the future?
That seems fine. Since you are offering a strong injunction, 'will have' is the appropriate choice.

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