In grammar, a future tense is a verb form that marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet.
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Use of “I am having” in SO sites
I use Stackoverflow a lot and have noticed a certain trend that I myself got caught up in at one time of using the phrase "I am having a problem" in place of "I have a problem."
I would use this ...
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“get” or “is” regarding the future
Which of the following would be correct? Is it a question of dialect?
"If this question gets answered, ..."
"If this question is answered, ..."
(Inspired by this answer.)
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Is “this Monday” or “next Monday” the correct way to refer to the very next Monday in the future? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What day is next Tuesday?
When I refer to the very next Monday that will occur in the future, I say "next Monday". Some colleagues refer to it as "this Monday", with ...
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Future tense usage: “When you see it …”
I wonder why the phrase is "When you see it you will shit brix," and not "When you will see it you will shit brix."
Is the version with two will incorrect? What grammar rule says that you should not ...
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Usage of “the” for possible future objects
I am writing a software user manual so the topic is about possible situations which its users may come across.
Here is an example sentence below:
Enter the window ID which contains an image.
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Which is correct: “when you have finished” or “when you will finish”?
From an English test on Facebook:
When you have finished to move the furniture, let me know.
or
When you will finish moving the furniture, let me know.
I think the correct one is the ...
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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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When do I have to use 'will' instead of 'going to'?
Does going to only express an intention and will some kind of prediction that doesn't necessarily happen?
EDIT:
Thanks for all your answers. I asked this question because I always fail to complete ...
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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 ...
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When should I use “shall” versus “will”?
Which is the correct use of these two words, and in which context should one be used rather than the other?
