Thread: "will/would have not", "shall/should have not", and "can/could have not"?
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Old 25-Sep-2006, 14:32
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Default Re: "will/would have not", "shall/should have not", and "can/could have not"?
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Originally Posted by dihen View Post
Do you consider "Tomorrow, I will have not met them for three years." grammatical?
Grammatical yes, natural, not so much, Dihen. Two things; one, I suspect that 'met' is the wrong choice of verb for this situation. Two, the placement of 'not' is certainly not the norm.

" Come tomorrow, I will not have seen them for three years."
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