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Originally Posted by Orientale  Thanks for your help, BobK !
In this case, would be there any difference between the futur perfect and the futur perfect continuous ?
You say you will return in two weeks. By then, I will have gone without food for five days / I will have been going without food for five days.
Thanks also for the suggestion on using a paraphrase... I've just started learning this language. |
Well, there's a difference, but mainly of focus.
By then I will have lasted five days without food [the implication is 'That's as much as I'm prepared to put up with, so don't expect me to hold out any longer' - the focus is on the final state]
By then I will have been going without food for five days [the focus is on the state that has continued - 'By then I'll have been going without for five days, so another day or two won't make much difference']
But this is quite a subtle point. If you've only just started learning, I'm impressed. ;-D
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