Will be gone and Will have been gone.

Status
Not open for further replies.

swety

Member
Joined
Nov 9, 2012
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Urdu
Home Country
Pakistan
Current Location
United States
Hi,
Please explain the difference between

When i will come, you will be gone.

When i will come you will have been gone.
I will be thankfull .
 
Hi,
Please explain the difference between

When I will come, you will be gone.

When I will come, you will have been gone.
I will be thankful[STRIKE]l[/STRIKE] .

Please note my corrections above.

"When I will come" is an old-fashioned style of expression, that is not used nowadays. "When I come" is more normal.
"When I come, you will be gone" means exactly what it says, and stands alone.
"When I come, you will have been gone" does not make sense without adding something on about how long you will have been gone, eg "When I come, you will have been gone for several days".
 
But I guess I could also say "When I come , you will be gone for several days". There would not be much difference between "...will have been gone for..." and " ....will be gone for...", would be?
 
But I guess I could also say "When I come , you will be gone for several days". No, you can't. You have guessed wrong.

Rover
 
1) "I think about having a new beginning, about what I'm going to do by Christmas the traditional end of school's first semester."

2) " Here's the 20 things I'm going to do by next Tuesday."

I was trying to figure out the reason why the Future Simple was used in these two sentences instead of the Future Perfect . Could you give me an explanation?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Ask a Teacher

If you have a question about the English language and would like to ask one of our many English teachers and language experts, please click the button below to let us know:

(Requires Registration)
Back
Top