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What is the difference in meaning in these two sentences?

Is there anything else we will have done?
Is there anything else we could have done?

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Thanks; I've undone my comment and downvote. In a question like this one, it's reasonable to mention your own ideas about meanings of examples, and specifically tell responders what you want to know but don't understand. – jwpat7 Dec 6 '11 at 0:16
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By using could, you ask about something that you didn't do but which was possible. You're asking about the past. By using will, you ask about some future action before another time further in the future. In this case, you expect to do the action.

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