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victorycountry  +  124631 Sun, 07 Aug 05 06:50 AM

Hi,

I am just wondering about the meaning of "What does the future hold? " and also what kinds of answers can you expect from such a question?

 

Thanks in advance.

 
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Eimai_Anglos  +  124692 Sun, 07 Aug 05 01:52 PM
What can we expect to happen in the future?

(Obviously we don't know but we can guess).
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MrPedantic  +  124777 Sun, 07 Aug 05 11:40 PM

Yes; the phrase is often used as a rhetorical question: the speaker will say e.g. 'What does the future hold for English Forums?' and then answer the question himself.

You would expect an 'educated guess' for the answer.

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