Standard English ConventionsHardFuture perfect with 'by next year'
Standard English Conventions practice question
By next spring the company ____ its hundredth store.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. will have openedCorrect
- B. has opened
- C. opened
- D. had opened
Answer: A. will have opened
'By next spring' points to a future deadline. An action completed before a future point takes the future perfect: 'will have opened'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. has opened
- 'has opened' says it has already happened, but 'next spring' is in the future.
- C. opened
- 'opened' is simple past.
- D. had opened
- 'had opened' is past perfect, for something completed before a PAST point.
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