"already" and future tense

[Urus]

Could you please tell me if I can combine "already" with future tense in this way, or is it incorrectly?


"The letter will already be read by Sunday."
"He will already read the book before he sees the film."
"By May 20, I will be doing this work for three months."

 

[emsr2d2]

Could you please tell me if I can combine "already" with the future tense in this way or is it incorrect? [STRIKE]ly?[/STRIKE]

1. "The letter will already [STRIKE]be[/STRIKE] have been read by Sunday."
2. "He will already have read the book [STRIKE]before[/STRIKE] by the time he sees the film."
3. "By May 20, I will [STRIKE]be[/STRIKE] have been doing this [STRIKE]work[/STRIKE] job for three months."

Note my changes above. As you can see, "already" doesn't work with the tenses you used. Sentence 2 could be expressed simply as "He will read the book before he sees the film".

 

[Urus]

Thank you for the answer.

As you can see, "already" doesn't work with the tenses you used.

I would like to clarify about these examples (https://ludwig.guru/s/will+already+be+done):

"But the damage will already be done for British academia."
"With an organization in place, much of that work will already be done."
"Buying a system, this will already be done for you..."

Does the situation change if we change one verb (read) to another (do)?

 

[emsr2d2]

The difference is that all three of your recent examples use "done" in a position where an argument could be made for it being a verb or an adjective. If viewed as an adjective, the rest of the sentence each time is OK.