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Lcchang Posted 18 years ago
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0We will have to stand at the back of the auditorium because the volunteers 01i00____02i00 all of the seats 01font00by now02font00.02br
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00(A) will take02br
00(B) will be taking02br
00(C) will have taken02br
00(D) will have been taking02br
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00The answer is C, according to the answer key. However, I think01font00 by now02font00 should be corrected to 01font00by then02font00. What do you think?0-
  

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12br 12blockquote 10What is your reason for thinking that it should be changed to 'by then' when 'will' is in the sentence? 0-

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10We 11b10will 12b10have to stand at the back of the auditorium because the volunteers will have taken all of the seats 11font11b10by now12b12font10.12br
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10What is your reason for thinking
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0Hi guys,02br
00We will have to stand at the back of the auditorium because the volunteers __ all of the seats 01font00by now02font00.02br
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00In a sentence like this, without any further context, I wouldn't say 'by now'. I'd say 'by then' or perhaps 'by that time'.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0
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0In my view both are fine, depending on context.02br
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00If the volunteers are expected to be already sitting in their seats (for example, you're standing outside the auditorium just a few minutes before the event starts), then you would say "00by now00''. But if you were looking some time ahead -- say to the next day -- then you would say "by then".02br
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0 In my own opinion, "by now" should be used with present perfect tense as it is indicated something happened in the past and continues to this moment. I hardly can relate that to future or future perfect. 0-
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01cite10Lcchang12cite10In my own opinion, "by now" should be used with present perfect tense as it is indicated something happened in the past and continues to this moment. I hardly can relate that to future or future perfect. 12br
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10I don't know the proper grammatical terminology here, but
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01cite10Lcchang12cite10I think11font10 by now12font10 should be corrected to 11font10by then12font10. What do you think?12blockquote
10 You can change it, but it wouldn't be a "correction" because both are correct. It depends on
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0I agree with Mr Wordy and CJ. 0-
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