Timeline for Could '(should/might/may/could/can) have p.p' form be used rarely when to express future meaning by using them?
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| Dec 28, 2016 at 21:09 | comment | added | Colin Fine | @Lambie: as far as I can see, you are agreeing with me. I did not once use the word "tense" in my answer. In fact, I believe that there is no such thing as a "future tense" in English - the only tenses are past and non-past. | |
| Dec 28, 2016 at 18:42 | comment | added | Lambie | There is no future tense in the question. The idea of future comes from /by tomorrow/. Just because you have tomorrow doesn't mean there is a future tense. There is, however, a future idea. I need to see him tomorrow: I need [this is what I need now, today] to see him tomorrow. | |
| Dec 28, 2016 at 18:24 | history | answered | Colin Fine | CC BY-SA 3.0 |