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future perfect

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(thing) by Phinslit (1.3 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Thu Jul 12 2001 at 20:19:48

A tense of a verb. The Future Perfect tense is one which describes an action as already being completed at some point in the future: ie, "I shall have bought the tickets when the show begins." The action of my buying the tickets will be completed by the time the show begins.

Also note: This tense is hardly ever used

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