Tatyana
Hey guys, what is the difference between Future perfect simple and future perfect cont?

Please, explain to me in simple words)))

Dec 11, 2015 6:27 AM
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If the activity is still taking place, or the state or condition still holds, at the time reached, then it will be appropriate to use 'have been [doing something]' . . for [a period of time]/since [a point in time, or an event].

The simple form  'we will have [done something]'  refers to a situation which will have ended by the time reached, but is also used even when this is not the case.

 

'We will have moved home by Christmas'

'He will have returned from his trip by then'

December 11, 2015
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uses_of_English_verb_forms#Future_perfect_progressive

Gives the following examle:

"He will be very tired because he will have been working all morning."

Он будет очень усталым, т.к. проработает всё утро.
"By 6 o'clock we will have been drinking for ten hours."
К 6-ти мы уже будем десять часов пить.

 

And
"I shall have finished my essay by Thursday."
"When I finally search him he will have disposed of the evidence."
"By next year we will have lived in this house for half a century."

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Now me question to native speakers:
Why
"By 6 o'clock we will have been drinking for ten hours."
But:
"By next year we will have lived in this house for half a century."
???

Why not 'have been living'? Semanics is very similar: some process was going on for some time.

December 11, 2015
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Может буквально? I will have done [it].
"я буду иметь это сделанным".
Т.е. к тому момент дело уже будет сделано, причем мной.

I will have been doing
"я буду иметь [себя] бывшим делающим" =
"я буду иметь себя делавшим".
Т.е. к тому моменту я уже успею этим позаниматься (дело, возможно, еще не сделано, но опыт появился).

Что-то на ум приходят неприличные варианты:/ Ладно.

 

 

December 11, 2015
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OK, how would you understand the difference between past perfect simple and past perfect continuous? :)  It works the same way, simply shifted into the future.

December 11, 2015

THANKS A LOT)) can  u please give some examples to me 

December 11, 2015