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Default time clause II
I won't be at home in two hours.

Could this sentence have two meanings:
1-It will take me longer than two hours to get home.
2-I am at home now but will leave in less than two hours.
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Yes, it could.
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Old 19-Aug-2004, 22:58
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Thanks Tdol.
You know, I had almost forgotten that now I can do this: :wink: .
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