Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
What will I have gained?/What have I gained?
The protagonist is a royal member of Amber and one of the Courts of Chaos.
He was just now transported by the Pattern, who is god-like being of Order, to a very strange Shadow, which is one of parallel worlds of Amber, as blacking out.
The protagonist is now getting advice about what to do form his sentient strap-like weapon Frakir through telepathy.
It says he have to guard the armors and arms in a cavern against anything.
Say I sit here all night and watch the stuff. Maybe something even comes along and makes a pass at it. Say I fight it off. Morning comes, the stuff is still here. Then what? What have I gained?
["Knight of Shadows" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know why it is "What have I gained?," not "What will I have gained?".
Thank you in advance for your help.
He was just now transported by the Pattern, who is god-like being of Order, to a very strange Shadow, which is one of parallel worlds of Amber, as blacking out.
The protagonist is now getting advice about what to do form his sentient strap-like weapon Frakir through telepathy.
It says he have to guard the armors and arms in a cavern against anything.
Say I sit here all night and watch the stuff. Maybe something even comes along and makes a pass at it. Say I fight it off. Morning comes, the stuff is still here. Then what? What have I gained?
["Knight of Shadows" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know why it is "What have I gained?," not "What will I have gained?".
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
Say introduces a hypothetical scenario. Such a scenario, especially a dramatic one, is commonly narrated in present tense, as I have indicated in bold. Say I sit here all night and watch the stuff.
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Say introduces a hypothetical scenario. Such a scenario, especially a dramatic one, is commonly narrated in present tense, as I have indicated in bold.
Say I sit here all night and watch the stuff. Maybe something even comes along and makes a pass at it. Say I f
Say I sit here all night and watch the stuff. Maybe something even comes along and makes a pass at it. Say I f
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