Hello everyone. Would someone tell me in what tense this sentence is written? Is it even correct?
"By the time you be back, your father will have been drunk."
I think it uses the future perfect continuous, but there is no v-ing. Thanks.
Johnnie Williams Is it even correct? No. Both parts are wrong.
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Johnnie WilliamsI think it uses the future perfect continuous, but there is no v-ing.
So it can't be a continuous/progressive form.
You have the choice of these:
"By the time you return, your father will be drunk."
"By the time you return, your father will have been drinking for at le