Will have come/ would have come

anonymous

Hello

What is the main difference between:

"I will have come by dinner"

"I would have come by dinner"

Both being said in the present?

Thanks.

The first one takes a present point of view. It's like a future of the present.
The second one takes a past point of view. It's like a future of the past.

X ma

Thanks for your reply cj.

Ive seen an example that was given on this one site and I couldn't quite figure it out.

The example was:

A: I would have come by dinner

B: A says he would have come by dinner.

Now my question is, was that example correct? How

I will quote again from the site where I saw the example..

"...Another is epistemological, as in "Where were you on October 16th?" - "That day I think I would have been at home" (="I'm not certain where I was, but I'm guessing, based on my usual schedule or something").

So:

Cj, thanks again for your effort.

What I still don't understand is , why is person A saying would have come instead of will have come. I mean , dinner hasn't happened yet.

So it should be : I will have come by dinner

Person b: a is telling me would have come by dinner

Or maybe its me whose wrong ?

Thanks again.

I got it. Well done cj.

Thank you very much

Guess their explanation wasn't clear.