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46:, future in the past is not always considered a separate tense, but rather as either a subcategory of future or past tense and is typically used in narrations of past events: 252: 174: 102:. Here, an event is situated before a reference point, which in turn is in the future relative to another point in the past: 17: 221: 245: 369: 117: 402: 374: 238: 87: 149: 98:
A related, and more complex, tense is the future perfect in the past, which is also known as the
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John left for the front; by the time he should return, the fields
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Besides English, the future perfect in the past is also found
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Besides English, the future in the past is also found
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The future in the past may also be commonly used for
60:The reference point in the past is established by 394: 357:Future in the past / Future perfect in the past 42:a vantage point that is itself in the past. In 246: 93: 253: 239: 38:where the time reference is in the future 64:, and it is relative to that point that 14: 395: 260: 203: 234: 24: 25: 414: 90:and a number of other languages. 197: 179:British Council | LearnEnglish 167: 142: 13: 1: 135: 51:John left for the front; he 7: 123: 10: 419: 94:Future perfect in the past 365: 337: 268: 77:She said she would return 214:10.1017/CBO9781139165815 204:Comrie, Bernard (1985). 175:"Talking about the past" 83:aspect to its meaning. 62:John left for the front 55:until five years later. 114: 79:), and it often has a 58: 375:Relative and absolute 109:would have been burnt 104: 48: 154:Cambridge Dictionary 100:conditional perfect 66:he would not return 403:Grammatical tenses 262:Grammatical tenses 130:Prospective aspect 68:is in the future. 32:future in the past 18:Future-in-the-past 388: 387: 36:grammatical tense 27:Grammatical tense 16:(Redirected from 410: 255: 248: 241: 232: 231: 227: 191: 190: 188: 186: 171: 165: 164: 162: 160: 146: 53:would not return 21: 418: 417: 413: 412: 411: 409: 408: 407: 393: 392: 389: 384: 361: 342:Present perfect 333: 264: 259: 224: 200: 195: 194: 184: 182: 181:. 18 March 2010 173: 172: 168: 158: 156: 148: 147: 143: 138: 126: 96: 73:indirect speech 40:with respect to 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 416: 406: 405: 386: 385: 383: 382: 380:Periodic tense 377: 372: 366: 363: 362: 360: 359: 354: 352:Future perfect 349: 344: 338: 335: 334: 332: 331: 330: 329: 319: 318: 317: 307: 302: 297: 292: 291: 290: 285: 280: 269: 266: 265: 258: 257: 250: 243: 235: 229: 228: 222: 199: 196: 193: 192: 166: 140: 139: 137: 134: 133: 132: 125: 122: 95: 92: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 415: 404: 401: 400: 398: 391: 381: 378: 376: 373: 371: 368: 367: 364: 358: 355: 353: 350: 348: 345: 343: 340: 339: 336: 328: 325: 324: 323: 320: 316: 313: 312: 311: 308: 306: 303: 301: 298: 296: 293: 289: 286: 284: 281: 279: 276: 275: 274: 271: 270: 267: 263: 256: 251: 249: 244: 242: 237: 236: 233: 225: 223:9780521281386 219: 215: 211: 207: 202: 201: 180: 176: 170: 155: 151: 145: 141: 131: 128: 127: 121: 119: 113: 112: 110: 103: 101: 91: 89: 84: 82: 78: 74: 69: 67: 63: 57: 56: 54: 47: 45: 41: 37: 33: 19: 390: 356: 205: 198:Bibliography 183:. Retrieved 178: 169: 157:. Retrieved 153: 144: 118:in Bulgarian 115: 108: 106: 105: 99: 97: 88:in Bulgarian 85: 76: 70: 65: 61: 59: 52: 50: 49: 31: 29: 111:to stubble. 347:Pluperfect 305:Nonpresent 185:24 January 159:24 January 136:References 327:Hesternal 315:Hodiernal 295:Nonfuture 278:Crastinal 397:Category 283:Going-to 150:"Future" 124:See also 310:Present 300:Nonpast 44:English 273:Future 220:  206:Tense 81:modal 34:is a 370:Fake 322:Past 288:Near 218:ISBN 187:2022 161:2022 30:The 210:doi 399:: 216:. 177:. 152:. 120:. 254:e 247:t 240:v 226:. 212:: 189:. 163:. 75:( 20:)

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Future-in-the-past
grammatical tense
with respect to
English
indirect speech
modal
in Bulgarian
in Bulgarian
Prospective aspect
"Future"
"Talking about the past"
doi
10.1017/CBO9781139165815
ISBN
9780521281386
v
t
e
Grammatical tenses
Future
Crastinal
Going-to
Near
Nonfuture
Nonpast
Nonpresent
Present
Hodiernal
Past
Hesternal

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