Please help me complete my sentence. Thanks. QUESTION: What should be used [HAVE SEEN] or [SEE] in the sentence below? SENTENCE: We will be done with our project by the beginning of next week. You

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Please help me complete my sentence. Thanks. QUESTION: What should be used [HAVE SEEN] or [SEE] in the sentence below? SENTENCE: We will be done with our project by the beginning of next week. You will [HAVE SEEN or SEE?] some tangible results by then.

Oct 24, 2017 3:29 PM

Answers · 11

I would say: you'll see

October 24, 2017

"have seen" because of "by then" but "see" is also possible.

October 24, 2017

HAVE is the best choice. will+ (infinitif without "to")

October 24, 2017

You can use either, with no difference in meaning.

October 24, 2017

It depends on the situation. You use [SEE] if they will see the results AFTER the project is done. Using [HAVE SEEN] means that they will see results BEFORE. NOTE: With the use of "by then" in the sentence, it should be [HAVE SEEN] ("You will have seen some tangible results by then.") — but if they really will see the results AFTER the project is done the sentence should be, "You will [SEE] some tangible results [THEN]."; drop the "by" at the end of the sentence.

October 24, 2017

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