Hello.
Sorry to bother you.
I would like to ask you about this again:
1) He must have finished the report by tomorrow.
2) He would have finished the report by tomorrow.
Both 1) and 2) make sense?
My grammar book(Advanced grammar in use) says: may/might + have + past participle and may/might + be + ~ing to talk about possible events in the past, present and future.
-Do you think Jean may/might have completed the report by now?(past)
-His maths may/might have improved by the time the exam comes round.(future)
We also use should/ought to + have + past participle to talk aoubt an expectation that something happned, has happened, or will happen:
-If the flight was on time, he should/ought to have arrived in Jakartarta early this morning.
-The builders should/ought to have finished by the end of the week.
From the explanation, I assume that Must(or would) + have + past participle can also be used to refer to the future, though it is not referred in my grammar book.
I think this way:
must(would)-an assumption of the future situation + have participle-a completed action or the result of an event
Thank you for your concern.
Sorry to bother you.
I would like to ask you about this again:
1) He must have finished the report by tomorrow.
2) He would have finished the report by tomorrow.
Both 1) and 2) make sense?
My grammar book(Advanced grammar in use) says: may/might + have + past participle and may/might + be + ~ing to talk about possible events in the past, present and future.
-Do you think Jean may/might have completed the report by now?(past)
-His maths may/might have improved by the time the exam comes round.(future)
We also use should/ought to + have + past participle to talk aoubt an expectation that something happned, has happened, or will happen:
-If the flight was on time, he should/ought to have arrived in Jakartarta early this morning.
-The builders should/ought to have finished by the end of the week.
From the explanation, I assume that Must(or would) + have + past participle can also be used to refer to the future, though it is not referred in my grammar book.
I think this way:
must(would)-an assumption of the future situation + have participle-a completed action or the result of an event
Thank you for your concern.