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syoshioka99
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Location: Korea
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 Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:08 pm Post subject: will arrive? will have arrived??? |
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1. If you leave soon,you (will arrive/ will have arrived) here by six o'clock.
(question) In #1, which is correct gramatically? (I think the first one is but can't tell the difference between #1 and #2 below.)
2. �I�m very sorry, but the manager isn�t here yet. Shall I have her call you when she gets in?�
�No, I�ll call back. If I call again in an hour, do you think she (will arrive/ will have arrived) ?�
I think in #2 the answer is "will have arrived."
satoru
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pinenut
Joined: 16 Feb 2006
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Location: Illinois, U.S.A.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject: Re: will arrive? will have arrived??? |
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| syoshioka99 wrote: |
1. If you leave soon,you (will arrive/ will have arrived) here by six o'clock.
(question) In #1, which is correct gramatically? (I think the first one is but can't tell the difference between #1 and #2 below.)
2. �I�m very sorry, but the manager isn�t here yet. Shall I have her call you when she gets in?�
�No, I�ll call back. If I call again in an hour, do you think she (will arrive/ will have arrived) ?�
I think in #2 the answer is "will have arrived."
satoru
Tochigi, Japan |
satoru,
If you had chosen "will have arrived" for #2, you should have chosen "will have arrived" for #1 too because they are very similar in terms of conditions and consequences to each other.
If you leave soon, you will have arrived here by six o'clock.
If I call again in an hour, do you think she will have arrived? |
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