Will have been
Dear all,
Recently I came across the English note book of a student. In it I saw his teacher wrote down some notes in her own hand writing. It was as follows:
"He would have been about twenty when he met her.
He will have been about twenty when he met her.
They both refer to the past, and the second is more confident than the first."
Here my debut is whether the second sentence is a "past form", if yes, what category does it belong to. Kindly enlighten me.
Thanking you.
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cat navy 425 He would have been about twenty when he met her. Correct and commonly used. cat navy 425 He will have been about twenty when he met her.
- cat navy 425 He would have been about twenty when he met her.
- Correct and commonly used.
- cat navy 425 He will have been about twenty when he met her.
- This is very rare.
- It is used in very limited contexts.
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cat navy 425He would have been about twenty when he met her.
Correct and commonly used.
cat navy 425He will have been about twenty when he met her.
This is very rare. It is used in very limited contexts. Normally the future perfect is used to express a past completed action with respect to a future time.
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0cat navy 425Here mydebut doubtquestion is whether the second sentence is a "past form"
No. From the viewpoint of form, it's the future perfect.
But from the viewpoint of usage (or meaning), it does refer to past time.
In fact you can even paraphrase it with a past tense form.
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