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Cup cake Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The word 'now' with tenses

Hi Everyone,

I'm wondering if we can use the word - now - with the future perfect continuous.

I've been trying to make some sentences but not having much luck.

It seems that 'now' is anomalous with this tense.

Would love to know what others thing about this.

Thanks
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Do you intend the adverbial meaning of "now" as "the present moment in time"? Future perfect refers to some point of time in the future, which must be mentioned. Are you trying to conflate time?

— AlpheccaStars

  • Do you intend the adverbial meaning of "now" as "the present moment in time"?
  • Future perfect refers to some point of time in the future, which must be mentioned.
  • Are you trying to conflate time?
  • It's the same as trying to conflate the past and present.
  • * Now I finished my homework yesterday.
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Do you intend the adverbial meaning of "now" as "the present moment in time"?
Future perfect refers to some point of time in the future, which must be mentioned.
Are you trying to conflate time?

It's the same as trying to conflate the past and present.
* Now I finished my homework yesterday.
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Thanks AlpheccaStrars. I hadn't thought about the objective of the sentence. I was just trying to find a sentence where using the word 'now' could make sense in Future Perfect Continuous.

I can see that the answer is clearly -
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