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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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"Would have been" for future events?
Is it okay to say the following for an unlikely future event:
"By the time you cam back, I would have finished"? Of course for certain future it will be "By the time you come back I will have finished" But can the first one also be used for future?
"By the time you cam back, I would have finished"? Of course for certain future it will be "By the time you come back I will have finished" But can the first one also be used for future?
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Anonymous Is it okay to say the following for an unlikely future event:"By the time you cam back, I would have finished"? That certainly seems reasonable: Why did you cancel the project? By the time you came back, I would have been finished!
- Anonymous Is it okay to say the following for an unlikely future event:"By the time you cam back, I would have finished"?
- That certainly seems reasonable: Why did you cancel the project?
- By the time you came back, I would have been finished!
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AnonymousIs it okay to say the following for an unlikely future event:"By the time you cam back, I would have finished"?That certainly seems reasonable:
Why did you cancel the project? By the time you came back, I would have been finished!
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