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Grammar and Linguistics > A future tense question:
A future tense question:
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margax
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A future tense question:
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- By this time next week I �ll have decorated our house. It will look like new.
- By this time next week I �ll be decorating our house. It will look like new.
To me both sentences sound correct but one of my colleagues told me that only the first one is. I wonder if a native speaker or somebody could help me in this. Thanks in advance.
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31 Oct 2010
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yanogator
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Both are correct, and the choice depends on whether you �ll be finished by this time next week. If so, then use the first sentence. If you will have started, but not finished, use the second sentence.
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31 Oct 2010
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kodora
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- By this time next week I �ll have decorated our house. It will look like new=I will have finished doing it
- This time next week I �ll be decorating our house. It will look like new when it is finished.=I will still be decorating it.
Dora
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31 Oct 2010
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margax
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Thanks a lot for your help!!
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31 Oct 2010
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mourad1O
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Both are correct but the context will be decisive which one is appropriate.
That �s why there has been a change from teaching grammatical rules outside the context to more focus on situations.
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31 Oct 2010
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abdel
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- By this time next week I �ll have decorated our house. It will look like new=I will have finished doing it
- This time next week I �ll be decorating our house. It will look like new when it is finished.=I will still be decorating it.
THIS IS WHAT KODORA SAID AND I AGREE BUT LOOK/
ONLY THE FIRST SENTENCE IS CORRECT SINCE YOU HAVE AFTER : it will look like new. the action, therefore, will have finished. we have the result of the houses �s being like new. However, the second is not correct in this context since i will still be decorating the house. The fruit will not yet be there.
love ABDEL.
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31 Oct 2010
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abdel
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- By this time next week I �ll have decorated our house. It will look like new=I will have finished doing it
- This time next week I �ll be decorating our house. It will look like new when it is finished.=I will still be decorating it.
THIS IS WHAT KODORA SAID AND I AGREE BUT LOOK:
ONLY THE FIRST SENTENCE IS CORRECT SINCE YOU HAVE AFTER : it will look like new. the action, therefore, will have finished. we have the result of the house �s being like new. However, the second is not correct in this context since i will still be decorating the house. The fruit will not yet be there.
love ABDEL.
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31 Oct 2010
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