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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
will finish/have finished
By the time you get back, I will finish/have finished the work.
By the time you get back, we will be/have been married for 25 years.
Which of the underlined words will you use in the above two samples respectively? Thanks.
By the time you get back, we will be/have been married for 25 years.
Which of the underlined words will you use in the above two samples respectively? Thanks.
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You want to talk about something that will have been completed, but in the future. I will finish this tomorrow is okay. But you want to talk about the state of it already being finished by the time some other event passes, so something that indicates the past is required.
- You want to talk about something that will have been completed, but in the future.
- I will finish this tomorrow is okay.
- But you want to talk about the state of it already being finished by the time some other event passes, so something that indicates the past is required.
- I will finish the work about the same time you get back - simultaneous events.
- I will have finished the work by the time you get back - I am finished before you are back.
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You want to talk about something that will have been completed, but in the future.
I will finish this tomorrow is okay. But you want to talk about the state of it already being finished by the time some other event passes, so something that indicates the past is required.
I will finish the work about the same time you get back - simultaneous events.
I will have f
I will finish this tomorrow is okay. But you want to talk about the state of it already being finished by the time some other event passes, so something that indicates the past is required.
I will finish the work about the same time you get back - simultaneous events.
I will have f
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AngliholicThanks, GG, for the reply.Same thinking, just passive.
But what about the second one?
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Marius HancuThanks, Marius.AngliholicThanks, GG, for the reply.Same thinking, just passive.
But what about the second one?
Are you sure it's passive and the same answer?
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Marius HancuThanks, Marius.AngliholicThanks, GG, for the reply.Same thinking, just passive.
But what about the second one?
Are you sure it's passive and the same answer?
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The grammatical formula is
By the time [present], ... will have [past participle] ....
Of course, if the past participle is been, it's likely you're dealing with a passive, but that makes no difference.
CJ
By the time [present], ... will have [past participle] ....
Of course, if the past participle is been, it's likely you're dealing with a passive, but that makes no difference.
CJ
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By the time you get back I'll have finished of course.Why?Cause I'm suggesting that at a certain time in the future when she/he comes back I'll already have ended somethinh which started maybe before they went away or at the time they went away but will end the time they they get back.(Will,future pred) (have finished present perfect that indicates recent finished action in the past before they'll
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AnonymousBy the time you get back I'll have finished of course.Why? Because I'm suggesting that ...Note that the thread you're replying to is almost 10 years old.
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