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Ahn Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

'will have caused' or 'will cause' ?

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12br 12br 12br 11font 12br 12br 10“Will cause10” is the wrong tense in this context. 10 10Consider this:12br 12br 10The shooting rampage has caused us deep scares that will take a long time to heal. 12br 12br 12br 12br 12font 12blockquote 1-

— Goodman

  • 12br 12br 12br 11font 12br 12br 10“Will cause10” is the wrong tense in this context.
  • 10 10Consider this:12br 12br 10The shooting rampage has caused us deep scares that will take a long time to heal.
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01cite10Ahn12cite11font10The shooting rampage will have caused us deep hurt forevermore.12font12br
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0Thank you for your answer Goodman.\02br
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0 Hi Ahn02br
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01i00The shooting rampage will cause us deep hurt for ever/forever / forevermore.02i02br
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00I would suggest that a logical sequence describing what is going to happen after what has happened requires a 'will' construction. To me there is a clash between 'will have caused' and the following 'for evermore' that doesn't really make sense.02br
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