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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"Will" vs "Maybe I will" and "I think I will"
Almost every English grammar book I`ve studied claims that "Will" is used to talk about plans decided at the moment of speaking. Sentences like "I will help you" or "I'll wait for you" give a strong ...
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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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will have an operation / going to have an operation / has an operation
Which version is idiomatic? If more than one version is idiomatic, explain the difference please. I've tried to explain why each sentence can/can't be used. I need a native speaker's view on that.
He ...
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'Whenever' with future time clause
Question is simple..
My friend asked me 'When will you sleep?'
My answer should be..
'Whenever I'll feel sleepy.'
Or
'Whenever I feel sleepy.'
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Asking question regarding future
I have a scenario in which I am asking someone "When she get the accommodation in university?" She said "She will get the accommodation when she will be 22."
Now I want to turn this into ...
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"I would leave tommorow" - is it grammatical?
Let's say that I utter the following:
I will leave tomorrow.
Would it be ungrammatical to say the following the next day:
I would leave tomorrow.
I know that the following are grammatical and ...
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Is what my grammar book says relevant? the interchangeability of future simple and future continuous with certain designations of time
I have a book called "The practice of English grammar." by Izrailevich, Katchalova. It's quite old.
I wonder whether what it says is true and accurate. Is it really true that you use the ...
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How many lessons will/do you have tomorrow? How many lessons are you having tomorrow?
Are they all natural? As I understand it, the second one is more common, because there's a question about timetable. But the third one isn't correct because of classes are not a personal arrangement. ...
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present progressive indicating the future
Can the present progressive be used to indicate the future as follows?
John is working at the store for two months.
If so, how does it differ from "John is going to work at the store for two ...
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"Will be xxx- ing" or Will xxx"
I wish to write an email about a decision taken in a meeting. Of the below options, which is the correct sentence to put in the email?
It was agreed that XYZ team will conduct a monthly review ...
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How to use modal verbs in the past tense speaking of future possibility?
everyone.
I learn English vocabulary and write sentences about my life using new words. But I have a problem. I can't write one sentence so that both grammar and meaning are correct.
Some context ...
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Have got married
Have you got married
They have got married
Are these sentences used to ask someone whether he/she or they have decided to get married on a particular date, are they ready for it, or something else?
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Expressions to refer to some point in the future
Which of the following expressions is idiomatic and\or grammatical?
I think I will be busy until I become 45 or something. By that
time, my children will be mature enough to depend more on ...
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Question about the tense of "until ..." in a object clause
Quite confused about it. Here is a sentence:
I was wondering if you could lend me a few dollars until I get paid on Friday.
Why is got or would get improper here?
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I said I would go ...
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Simple present vs. deterministic future
When I record a video in which I demonstrate a software application in action, I should say I click on the button or I am clicking on the button?
In the video, I click on the button one second after ...
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Is it better to use simple past or present perfect for a future event?
If any man hurts my daughter, I will hurt him as much as he has hurt her
Could it be past simple as at the time of writing the hurting if there was one, it would be finished and hopefully would ...
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Why is "will" not used when speaking about the future in "I'll talk to her when I meet her"?
Why is "will" not used when speaking about the future here?
I'll talk to her when I meet her.
Why can't we say this?
I'll talk to her when I'll meet her.
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