Hucky
Member
- Joined
- Feb 15, 2011
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- German
- Home Country
- Switzerland
- Current Location
- Switzerland
Hiya,
As you can see, I am still dealing with the future tense. Yet, today´s issue is not a mere rehash, but another aspect. What I´d like to know is if other future forms as the one you usually find in grammar books (will/going to) can go with temporal clauses. In other words, can also the future continuous (3) and the present continuous (4) go with time clauses? Well, the example sentences are made up by me, and thus I am not absolutely sure if they are acceptable as real life examples. But you will never track down such a (constructed) overview of the respective cases anywhere. (In line with what you can find in common grammar books cases 1) and 2) are out of the question. So here they are:
1) I´ll see you tomorrow at 8 pm when I have spoken to Dave.
2) I´m going to see you tomorrow at 8 pm when I have spoken to Dave.
3) I`ll be seeing you tomorrow at 8 pm when I have spoken to Dave.
4) I´m seeing you tomorrow at 8 pm when I have spoken to Dave.
What do the pundits make of it?
Regards
Hucky
As you can see, I am still dealing with the future tense. Yet, today´s issue is not a mere rehash, but another aspect. What I´d like to know is if other future forms as the one you usually find in grammar books (will/going to) can go with temporal clauses. In other words, can also the future continuous (3) and the present continuous (4) go with time clauses? Well, the example sentences are made up by me, and thus I am not absolutely sure if they are acceptable as real life examples. But you will never track down such a (constructed) overview of the respective cases anywhere. (In line with what you can find in common grammar books cases 1) and 2) are out of the question. So here they are:
1) I´ll see you tomorrow at 8 pm when I have spoken to Dave.
2) I´m going to see you tomorrow at 8 pm when I have spoken to Dave.
3) I`ll be seeing you tomorrow at 8 pm when I have spoken to Dave.
4) I´m seeing you tomorrow at 8 pm when I have spoken to Dave.
What do the pundits make of it?
Regards
Hucky