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Can we use should /would and /could in Future perfect tense
I would have finished my home work by evening .
He should have been more careful.
Can these be used as future perfect tense ?
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Exchanging “get” with “will have been” [closed]
Can we use "will get translated" to replace "will have been translated"? For passive sentence, it looks like maybe we can; is that right?
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Combining future perfect tenses in a sentence
Which is correct to say?
On Valentines Day 2013 the iPhone will have been for sale exactly half as long as the iPod has been for sale.
or
On Valentines Day 2013 the iPhone will have been for ...
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Future perfect or Future perfect continuous in the following sentence?
I am not sure why this sentence is incorrect from tense's perspective.
It is certain that the construction of the road will be completed by the winter of 2014.
Also, according to my book its ...
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Future Perfect tense
I cannot understand the usage of this tense. For example, what does "I will have done this task" mean? Does it mean the effects of this task will be remaining in the future?
On a more general note, ...
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Future Perfect with the preposition 'since'
I have a question regarding the future perfect tense and which prepositions go with it. Understandably, by, for, and in work very well with the future perfect.
By friday, I will have been working ...
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The use of “will” in assumptions
We can use will for both past and future assumptions. But how do we differentiate if it refers to past assurance or future possibility? For example:
You will know all about Rachel, of course.
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Why no Future Perfect in “At the end of the year there will be an exam on everything you've studied”?
At the end of the year there will be an exam on everything you've studied.
I'm just wondering why not use the Future Perfect tense here, as in:
At the end of the year there will be an exam ...
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Specifying a moment in the future when something will happen
Is one of these phrases correct:
as soon as I earn enough money
as soon as I have earned enough money
as soon as I'll earn enough money
as soon as I'll have earned enough money
or are all ...
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Past/Present tense in a conditional statement
I'm not an English speaker. Even though I do understand conditional statements that are written by others but when it comes to my turn I still feel confused and don't really know how to organize it.
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“Will be/would have been home tomorrow”
Which is correct?
He promised that he will be home tomorrow.
He promised that he would have been home tomorrow.
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“will have seen yesterday”
This is a part of a sentence:
As many of you will have seen yesterday, . . .
What does it mean? The words will and yesterday seem to be in contradiction.
Is that a correct sentence?
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In what situation “you will have shown” can't be substituted with “you will show”?
My point is whether there is such a context, in which "you will show" would really change the meaning if it is substituted for "you will have shown".
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“Will have” vs. “Would have”
By the end of the year, I would have attended this school for five years.
Of course, the "most" correct way of writing this would be:
By the end of the year, I will have attended this school ...
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Verb Forms and Their Usage
What is meant by "present perfect", "past perfect", and "future perfect" verbs? How can I identify them or know which is which?
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When should I use “Would”, “Would have”, “Will”, and “Will have”?
I hope someone, once and for all, can clarify (with examples) the difference in usage of will vs. would vs. would have vs. will have.
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Make “will have been going to go” correct
Is there a situation or question where the phrase will have been going to go is the best, most natural, or clearest response (or included in said response)?
I'm asking this probably somewhat silly ...
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Future perfect progressive
When is the future perfect progressive used? I am trying to understand in which cases it should be used, but I cannot find any practice examples of sentences using that tense.
I will have been ...
