Teo Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
future perfect
Bush reasserts his faith in Supreme Court choice Harriet Miers. He says, "She'll have been a judge, but nevertheless the philosophy won't change, and that's important to me."
We can use the future perfect to say that something will have been done, completed or achieved by a certain time in the future. We can also use will have ... to 'predict the present' - to say what we think or guess has probably happened.
But why does Bush use the future perfect in his statement?
Thank you very much for your reply.
We can use the future perfect to say that something will have been done, completed or achieved by a certain time in the future. We can also use will have ... to 'predict the present' - to say what we think or guess has probably happened.
But why does Bush use the future perfect in his statement?
Thank you very much for your reply.
Top answer
Hi, I think he is referring to the time after she becomes a judge, and saying that in that tome her opinions won't change. I think he should have used the verb 'become'. It's typical Bush-speak, don't sweat over it!
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Hi,
I think he is referring to the time after she becomes a judge, and saying that in that tome her opinions won't change. I think he should have used the verb 'become'. It's typical Bush-speak, don't sweat over it!
Clive
I think he is referring to the time after she becomes a judge, and saying that in that tome her opinions won't change. I think he should have used the verb 'become'. It's typical Bush-speak, don't sweat over it!
Clive
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