Timeline for Why did the writer use future continuous in this example?
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| Dec 4, 2022 at 14:11 | comment | added | Yves Lefol | by the way in the sentence " In any case the speaker has no control over when the releases arrive" does when mean "considering that ". I was surprised that you don't use the future because it is not a time clause such as " as soon as l get your email, I will phone you" . | |
| Dec 4, 2022 at 10:47 | comment | added | James K | There is quite a bit of free choice for the speaker here. Using "are arriving" would suggest this will happen tomorrow following a timetable or schedule. The speaker could correctly have chosen any of the many ways English has for talking about the future. | |
| Dec 4, 2022 at 10:09 | comment | added | Yves Lefol | but "are arriving" is also considered as a process that will take some time . So as the delivery will take some time it is better to use future continuous. If the delivery was the same day or a day after the sending would present continous be more adapted to this new context | |
| Dec 4, 2022 at 9:06 | history | answered | James K | CC BY-SA 4.0 |