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Old 12-Jun-2003, 14:05
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Default Re: preposition

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Originally Posted by tdol
+/ She will have finished her work by 7pm
+/ She will have finished her work before 7pm
Not much difference betwqeen these two- 7 is the limit. The second sounds as if she will have finished the work comfortably bbefore the limit, while the first could go up to the last minute.

+/ She will have finished her work at 7pm

This could be making an assumption now about an action that has finished- I know her timtetable and it's 7-15, so I can say this in answer to a question about her whereabouts.
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But is "She will have finished her work at 7pm" a sentence likely to be heard in actual use? It doesn't seem very probable to me.

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