future perfect

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by tdol

I'd say no- use this:
will have been losing

This shows that something is partially complete (by filling the time period given), while being unfinished. 'going to be losing' doesn't work, IMO, as it doesn't carry the idea of a stage of completion.

How about:

• Unless things change in the next few months, the company is going to have lost money all year long.

[MikeNewYork]

[quote="RonBee"][quote="MikeNewYork"]

Originally Posted by jiz07

Hm. How about "The boats will not be going out today if the wind keeps blowing so strongly"?

:)

That's still not future perfect.

How about "The boats will not have gone out today unless the winds stopped before noon."

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

That's still not future perfect.

How about "The boats will not have gone out today unless the winds stopped before noon."

I'm not sure. I like my sentence better. (It seems more natural.) But I will bow to your expertise on what is and isn't future perfect. Perhaps Cas or Tdol will comment.

:)

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by RonBee

I'm not sure. I like my sentence better. (It seems more natural.) But I will bow to your expertise on what is and isn't future perfect. Perhaps Cas or Tdol will comment.

:)

2. The fishing boats [not go] out if the wind keeps blowing so strongly

[not go] ==> Future Perfect will not have gone

Note, will becomes would where there's if.

The fishing boats would not have gone out if the wind keeps blowing so strongly. :(

??

:D

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by RonBee

I'm not sure. I like my sentence better. (It seems more natural.) But I will bow to your expertise on what is and isn't future perfect. Perhaps Cas or Tdol will comment.

:)

I didn't like my sentence at all. But it is future perfect. One shouldn't use the future perfect unless there is a reason to do so. Most commonly, that is an action that started in the past and will be completed before a specified time in the future.

[Casiopea]

I don't like my sentence either. :(
_________
Sounds like a T-shirt saying:

One shouldn't use the future perfect unless there is a reason to do so.

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Casiopea

I don't like my sentence either. :(
_________
Sounds like a T-shirt saying:

:wink:

[Tdol]

Hmm- grammar t-shirts.

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by tdol

Hmm- grammar t-shirts.

An interesting idea. When do they go on sale?

:wink:

[Tdol]

I hope they don't go for the baseball cap,though.