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Vocab question
monder78
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Vocab question
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Hello Fellow teachers how would you fill in the missing gap ? I will have seen that film six times ................................ tonight . The words to choose from : just, ever, before, yet, lately, never, since, ever, for, after. Thank you in advance.
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10 Feb 2021
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cunliffe
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Before. Maybe they are going to see that film that night, for the seventh time? |
10 Feb 2021
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s.lefevre
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Can�t it be..? I will have seen that film six times after tonight. |
10 Feb 2021
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karagozian
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@lynne
What about " after " ?
Would that be possible as well ?? |
10 Feb 2021
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karagozian
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Stupid I am. Hadn�t seen Sylvia � s post. |
10 Feb 2021
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cunliffe
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Yes, it is after. Don�t know how I missed that. Monder, did you add �after� later? Otherwise, I need new specs. |
10 Feb 2021
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monder78
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Thanks a million. In fact , after was one of the option. I don�t get why it is like that. The usual pattern to follow is : By next month I will have been seeing Jake for one year. Can�t we leave the sentence without anything before tonight. Cheers |
10 Feb 2021
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monder78
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Maybe by is another alternative option , although there is not such an option available.
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10 Feb 2021
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yanogator
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After is definitely the best choice. Before really doesn�t fit very well, because the present perfect works better in that situation, although even that sounds a little awkward. Remember that the future perfect is for action that will be completed in the future, and if you use before, the action is already completed now. Very strictly speaking, if you are going to see the film this afternoon, being the sixth time, you could use before, but that is a rather unusually constructed situation. Bruce |
10 Feb 2021
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