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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

The future? a future?

I have almost always used 'the' future.

But someone said, 'a' future in some context is more correct than 'the' future.

What about this: What do you want to be in the future?
  

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moon7296 I have almost always used 'the' future. But someone said, 'a' future in some context is more correct than 'the' future. What about this: What do you want to be in the future?

— KrisBlueNZ

  • moon7296 I have almost always used 'the' future.
  • But someone said, 'a' future in some context is more correct than 'the' future.
  • What about this: What do you want to be in the future?
  • " "A FUTURE" is used in certain cases.
  • In a general sense, times, situations and events that are yet to happen are called THE FUTURE, which is a noun, but the word FUTURE can be used in other ways as well, as an adjective, to DESCRIBE things that are yet to happen.
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moon7296I have almost always used 'the' future.
But someone said, 'a' future in some context is more correct than 'the' future.
What about this: What do you want to be in the future?
"What do you want to happen in the future?", or maybe better, "What are your hopes for the future?"

"A FUTURE" is used in certain cases. In a general sense, time
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Thank you for the second answer for my question^^

So, when the word future is used as a noun, it is usually used with the as you said: 'In a general sense, times, situations and events.'

Then, I think as a non-native English speaker, I'd better stick to the future when I intend to use it as a noun^^
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