Timeline for By tomorrow, by 2050. Do such adverbs of time require perfect tenses?
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| May 13, 2021 at 16:40 | vote | accept | Let | ||
| S May 13, 2021 at 7:18 | history | suggested | Let | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 13, 2021 at 6:59 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | To say that a cure will have been found by 2050 is to predict that, at that date, the cure will already exist, whether it was discovered in 2030, 2040 or whenever. To say scientists will find a cure by 2050 refers to their present hopes of finding one in the next 30 years. | |
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| May 12, 2021 at 20:01 | comment | added | Let | Can I say that "By 2050, the cure will be found" says only about the state of the cure being found by that time. Whereas "By 2050, the cure will have been found" implies both the state of it being found and the action done by someone (found by scientists). | |
| May 12, 2021 at 19:58 | comment | added | Let | Scientists will find the cure by 2050. Scientists promise/intend to find the cure in 2050 or earlier? "Scientists promised that they would find the cure by 2050" Does it sound good? | |
| May 12, 2021 at 19:30 | history | edited | Kate Bunting | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 12, 2021 at 19:24 | history | answered | Kate Bunting | CC BY-SA 4.0 |