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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Use of Future Perfect

Could someone please tell me if this sentence i created is correct:

The lesson ends after we will have heard his speech.

Did is use the future perfect correctly?
  

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Anonymous Did is use the future perfect correctly? No. By the time the lesson ends, we will have heard his (entire) speech.

  • Anonymous Did is use the future perfect correctly?
  • No.
  • By the time the lesson ends, we will have heard his (entire) speech.
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AnonymousDid is use the future perfect correctly?
No.

By the time the lesson ends, we will have heard his (entire) speech.
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AnonymousDid is use the future perfect correctly?
No; the main verb tense is the guiding one:

The lesson will end after we hear his speech.
The lesson will have ended when we have heard his speech.

Use future perfect when you are viewing a future event from farther in the future:

When I see you next week in Berli

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