Questions tagged [future-time]
Refers to the many ways a speaker can refer to future time in English. There are five major ways and over a dozen ways total to refer to future time.
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Which future form do we use in 'I am [to buy] that flat'?
This sentence is a bit confusing to me. Can you please tell me the correct answer to it and why not the other choices?
I _____________ that flat. It's small and the kitchen is awful.
A) am not ...
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Is it grammatical to use a present tense in an event that is not happening yet?
I am writing this sentence in my diary:
We will visit Country A next month. It is always wonderful to be with
Jan for a tour in Country A.
Shall I use the future tense or is it still grammatical ...
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Can I convey the information about the future experience in this way?
Sentence:
It might be the worst thing you will have ever heard (I anticipate that his experience of listening to some tunes in the future might be the worst thing that he have ever heard)
Can I ...
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"until it made him sick" vs. "until it makes him sick"
I saw one phrase:
He will have eaten it until it made him sick.
Why don't we say ...until it makes him sick?
I saw this rule under Time words with no future forms: by the time, until, as soon as, ...
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Do we use the present simple tense in the following context?
Captain, if they attack us , what do we do?
I am a bit confused over whether or not "what do we do?" Is correct in the previous context. Do we
use the future simple tense instead?
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Present Future: "If he doesn't help me, I'm finished"
I'm trying to understand the use of the Present Future, and The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (CGEL) has this example:
If he doesn't help me, I'm finished.
I understand that "am" is the ...
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Talking about the future using "Could have"
"How long will it take to make, anyway?" said Harry as Hermione, looking happier, opened the book again.
"Well, since the fluxweed has got to be picked at the full moon and the lacewings have got to ...
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Does "to" refer to a future event
I stuck at page 338, Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Here's an excerpt,
Certainty adjective controlling subject-to-subject raising
1.[The government] is unlikely to meet ...
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The difference between "They said that they would" and "They said that they will"
The following is a part of an article from Mail Online
Twitter, Facebook and email is taking over family life
The survey also discovered that 43 per cent of children and 33 per cent of adults are ...
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"I will start my course ..." Or "I start my course ..."
The simple present is used to make statements about events at a time later than now, when the statements are based on present facts, and when these facts are something fixed like a time-table, ...
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"...is going to land" vs. "...is landing" — interchangeable?
I know "going to" and "present continuous" aren't always interchangeable. Are they interchangeable in this sentence:
Look! That plane is flying towards the airport. It [is going to land]/[is ...
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continuous or going to
Please would you mind shipping directly to me as I am shipping to you next monday
Is it better to use going to, I don't think so because Iam going to do it for sure and I can't use present because it ...
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It will be or it will have been
Please tell me what the difference between the following sentences is
Tomorrow it will be ten years since we moved in.
Tomorrow it will have been ten years since we moved in.
Thank you.
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Asking 'How long from now?'
Can someone help me understand how I should ask someone how long from now something happens? These below structures are the ones that come to my mind although I'm not sure if they sound natural to ...
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past-future tense
Say, I am carrying a chainsaw towards a tree. In that case I am about to saw that tree down.
Suppose someone stops me and asks me to cut that tree.
How can I politely inform them that I am about to ...
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is reached on / will be reached
no native speaker here and I am not entirely sure which one is correct.
This is what I am suppose to write:
IMPORTANT NOTE: The recommended minimum
retention time of 60 minutes after check-...
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'The boy told us that he is sitting for an examination next Monday.' - Is the present continuous tense "is sitting" suitable to use in this case?
This is a question related to reported speech from my English exercise book:
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences:
The boy told us that he _____ for an ...
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Doing something in the future: I am vs I will be
If I am able to do something in the future should I use "I am able to do it in the future" or "I will be able to do it in the future"? Is there a difference?
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The use of the Future Perfect Continuous Passive in 'The apples will have been being eaten by him'
The apples will have been being eaten by him.
This sentence above was offered in my English class as an example of the future perfect continuous tense. This seems to me too awkward to be correct. ...
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Future meaning of "going to". What does it exactly mean?
She is going to spend her vacation in Hawaii.
Does it mean that the speaker knows for sure that she has decided to go Hawaii ? OR does it mean that the speaker just guesses or speculates that ?
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Simple present for speaking about the future the way natives do
I searched the whole internet but couldn't find anything else than the standard rules/guidelines as to how to use the simple present for future events. I understand that when something is scheduled, e....
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How do we talk about the future in English if something is not 100% certain to happen?
How we will make sentence in English if something will happen in the future but still it is not 100 % sure? There is probability he may or may not be doing that particular work.
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Question related to future tense [duplicate]
Seems that the same thought about future can be expressed in two ways. For instance:
Are you working tomorrow?
Will you work tomorrow?
So the question is, are there any difference between ...
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"is getting" vs "will get"
Are there difference between those sentences?
Alex is getting married next month.
Alex will get married next month.
Seems that the first one is expressed in present continues, and the ...
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"to be" or "would be"?
I encounter a sentence as follows:
The results were much like those of James Bernoulli’s Art of
Conjecture (1713), developed analytically by Laplace in the late 18th
century; but P´olya ...
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The difference between (am+v.ing) and (will be+v.ing)
What is the difference grammatically and linguistically between:
At this time next week, I will be visiting my uncle.
At this time next week, I am visiting my uncle.
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people who (will) attend the party will
the following sentence shall I add "will"?
People who (will) attend party tonight will take part in the party tonight.
Besides:
The girl who will be my girlfriend will take part in my party.
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Will this happen or is it a condition?
I read current news on Wikipedia and one headline for August 31, 2016 said:
Mother Teresa of Calcutta is to be canonized into sainthood after "proof" of two miracles.
For me it has two meanings. I ...
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Can you explain this kind of tense usage?
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Tear up the scroll and the beast goes back to the place it came from.
I heard it in an anime episode, refer to the video at 14:00. I thoughf it should be will go back. Explain, please.
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You should make your bed after you wake up / after you woke up / after you have woken up? Which one to choose?
Ok, I should say:
You should make your bed after you wake up.
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You should make your bed after you woke up.
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You should make your bed after you have woken up.
In case 1, the waking-up action ...
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Would it be wrong to write "I'll pay the next time we'll have dinner" instead of ""I'll pay the next time we have dinner"?
I need a little help with the grammar structure being used in this sentence
I'll pay the next time we have dinner.
Would it be wrong if I write
I'll pay the next time we'll have dinner"
I ...
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What is the difference between 'I will eat an apple' and ' I will be eating an apple'? [closed]
I want to know the difference between future tense and future progressive tense.
For example, 'I will eat an apple' and ' I will be eating an apple'.
What is the difference between two expression in ...
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What is difference between 'going to' and 'about to' in the given sentences? [duplicate]
I am going to buy a house.
I am about to buy a house.
I think both are planned actions that will happen in future.
Is there any difference in the above sentences? Explain to me the correct meaning ...
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We prove or we will prove ...in mathematical papers
I often read in published mathematics papers
We prove the claim as follows.
I am wondering why mathematicians use "prove" instead of "will prove"?
(I sometimes read papers using "will prove but ...
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Usage of simple future and future perfect with static and dynamic verbs
Please look at the following sentences
We'll be home by midnight.
We'll have been home by midnight.
If we use 'be home' in the sense of being present at home and according to the definition of 'by'...
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Using simple future and future perfect
What is the difference between the following sentences
At 6 o'clock I will have left. = The action of leaving will be complete by 6:00.
By 6 o'clock I will have left. = The action of leaving will be ...
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Tenses to refer to the future
I would like to know if there are any other tenses or grammatical structures to use for speaking about the future apart from will (perfect tense included), going to, simple and continuous present.
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Can you resolve this problem in context with the use of 'will'? [duplicate]
When I have the gems,I will tell you.
When I will have the gems,I will tell you.
The first one seems incorrect to a non-native speaker like me.But it is used by native speakers.How do the ...
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I have/will have time tomorrow?
I have time tomorrow.
I will have time tomorrow.
Which one is correct?
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How to say that something happens in the future related to a particular date?
How to say that something happens in the future related to a particular date?
Fines are issued in the future ??? as related to the date of first missed payment ???
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"Will come" or "Will be coming"
Almost all my friends say "I will be coming tomorrow" to refer that they are coming tomorrow. Why don't they say "I will come tomorrow"?
(Note that they are not saying like "will be coming tomorrow ...
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"Had" for future time
Can I use "had" for the future when something scheduled in the future is postponed?
A) what is your plan tomorrow?
B) I had an interview tomorrow, but they postponed it to next week. So I am ...
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What is the most common way to say that my birthday is tomorrow?
I have encountered the following three structures, but I'm not sure how common are they for native speakers?
Tomorrow is my birthday.
Tomorrow will be my birthday.
It is my birthday tomorrow.
mido mido
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"he leaves for New York tomorrow". vs. "he will leave for New York tomorrow"
Which one is grammatically correct?
I don't know when he leaves for New York tomorrow.
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I don't know when he will leave for New York tomorrow
Is it correct to use the future form of the ...
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What are we going to do now? / What will we do now?
I and my friend discussed a grammar exercise related to future tenses like this:
We seem to be completely lost. What (we, do) _________ now?
For me, 'what are we going to do now' sounds much more ...
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'We are having a party this evening' - Why do we use the present continuous?
I have a sentence:
We are having a party this evening.
I don't know why we use present continuous. In grammar, we don't use having for possess.
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Present tense or present perfect in 'once we receive/have received this data, we will proceed to notify you?'
I want to inform someone that we cannot provide them with the data she requested right away since we still have not received it from a third-party. However, we are expecting it in the near future.
My ...
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What's a simple word for "it seems to me that it isn't going to happen"?
Let's say my friend is jobless and lazy. I know he should find a job, but I highly doubt he will even try to look. I could say:
It seems to me that it isn't going to happen.
Which of these ...
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How to say that you have plans to go to the movies tonight?
How to say that you have plans to go to the movies tonight (but you are not sure yet, maybe you will have a pizza)? I mean there are options:
I am going to the cinema tonight.
Way too much ...
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"When will you be leaving" instead of "When will you leave"
I heard someone use the sentence "When will you be leaving?" I want to know why this sentence was used instead of "When will you leave"?
