For questions about the future perfect, which is will/shall + have + the past participle of the main verb.
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Please explain "will have had"
Once I finish this pancake I will have had 5 pancakes.
Would you kindly explain this kind of future perfect?
It's a sort of future retrospective tense, where one is talking about a past tense that has not yet occurred, but is expected to occur. In…
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Is — where will I have left my keys? — grammatical?
Where will I have left my keys?
Is this structure grammatical and used?
I'm trying to say something like
where did I leave my keys?
but using will.
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Future perfect: By that time, I will have possessed three cars. Will I still have them by then?
Reading an answer under this question, I found one interesting point: the use of the future perfect with the verb possess. My question is rather simple. Consider:
By that time, I will have possessed three cars.
(NOTE: It doesn't have to be "By that…
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How to say a interrogative sentence of future perfect tense?
You will have worked tonight.
Which auxiliary verb should I change to before subject? will or will have?
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Will already finished vs. will already been finished
Situation: At present, I am currently playing COC (Clash of Clan), then I go to sleep, then I wake up. I want to ask what is the difference between these two:
After I wake up, the tower that I am upgrading will already have finished.
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After I…
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Which future tense is correct here?
I have the following sentence:
Conventional light bulbs will be replaced with energy-saving alternatives by 2020.
According to my book, the next sentence is also correct:
Conventional light bulbs are to be replaced with energy-saving alternatives…
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"Would have been given, I shall"; is it a valid construction?
I say
Having been given something, I am ready to do something.
to express that now I am ready to do something because I was given something else. However, I want to say that if in the future I am successful at obtaining something I will be ready…
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hope + future perfect
Can we use future perfect to express our hope?
For example:
1 I hope that by the end of the year, I will have been accepted in one of the top schools in the country.
If it is a valid structure, how does it differ from "hope + simple future" in…
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What is the difference between future perfect and future in the past?
It would be nice to buy a new car.
It will have been nice to buy a new car.
Please explain the difference between these.
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Would you explain which one and why?
By the time this quarter is over, you will have learnt much, and you WILL BE/ WILL HAVE BEEN one step closer to your dream.
Could anybody readily and kindly tell me which one and why?
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Would you explain this kind of future?
We can also use will be+verb-ing to make a prediction about something we believed to be the case now.
You can't interrupt her now. She will be getting ready to go on stage, won't she?
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I can not understand the concept of the following: In…
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Have I correctly phrased this sentence in future perfect?
You will have painted the walls by now.
Have I correctly phrased the sentence above?
It may have two possible answers or explanation:
You certainly have done it recently.
You probably have done it or may did not it yet.
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How to use "after" with verb?
I'm not sure which is the correct one in the following sentences.
1: I'm going to go for a walk with him after he finished his work.
2: I'm going to go for a walk with him after he has finished his work.
3: I'm going to go for a walk with him…
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Future perfect continuous with the past reference
I came across this dialogue:
A: I don't know anyone who saw the eclipse of the moon last night.
B: I suppose most people will have been watching the Eurovision Song Contest on TV when it happened.
I don't understand why the future perfect…
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Future perfect and future simple
Is there any big difference between these two sentences:
We will have been married for 25 years by friday/ on friday
We will be married for 25 years by friday/ on friday?
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