Scott,
Nicely done. You provided the context I just talked about.
Herb
From: Assembly for the
Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Scott
Woods
Sent: 2009-03-05 07:37
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Subject: Re: incorrect future perfect?
Speaker A: I will bring in my submission to the
project tomorrow morning.
Speaker B: We will have finished the project tomorrow. Your submission
would be too late. Bring it in by 4 o'clock this afternoon if you want
it to be included.
This seems to work well. The future perfect seems
useful and correct here.
From: Cynthia Baird <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: incorrect future perfect?
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 7:48 PM
Would anyone care to comment on this sentence? It
came up in a literacy textbook I have to use, and a student had real
difficulty with accepting this as a logical sentence. I gave him my
explanation about why I thought the sentence was problematic, but I would
like to hear from some of you to know if I was right or wrong in my
assessment of the sentence.
The sentence read as follows:
We will have finished the project tomorrow.
I know the sentence contains a future perfect, and I
risk Brad's comments, but so be it.
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