Snappy  +  716474 Tue, 05 May 09 11:50 AM In my understanding, we can use "...years/days/hours later" in the past tense. Example: He left his family but returned home three years later. Is it possible to use it in the future tense? Can I say, for example, "I will go there three days later"? Snappy Joined on Tue, Mar 24 2009 Kobe, Japan Full Member 209 Tenses, Past Tenses, Future Tenses

	Avangi  +  716509 Tue, 05 May 09 12:22 PM Three days later than what? The form will work if you make it similar to your past tense example.  You're comparing one event to another.  You compared one past tense event to another past tense event. Do the same thing with your future tense example. I plan to be in Boston next Thursday, and I will go to New York three days later. It doesn't work when you mean "later than now." You can say, "Don't worry.  I'll be there later."  True, that means later than now. But "I'll be there three days later" needs a future reference time. Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,172 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier Tenses, Past Tenses, Future Tenses, References, Business, Career, Countries, United States

	Cool Breeze  +  716510 Tue, 05 May 09 12:25 PM You can say: I will go there in three days. CB Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Senior Member 3,970 "I hope you'll all live to be 150 years old - and the last voice you hear is mine!" Frank Sinatra on stage in Oslo, Norway, 28 September 1991

	Snappy  +  716512 Tue, 05 May 09 12:30 PM Avangi “Three days later than what? The form will work if you make it similar to your past tense example.  You're comparing one event to another.  You compared one past tense event to another past tense event. Do the same thing with your future tense example. I plan to be in Boston next Thursday, and I will go to New York three days later. It doesn't work when you mean "later than now." You can say, "Don't worry.  I'll be there later."  True, that means later than now. But "I'll be there three days later" needs a future reference time. ” I forgot to add an important factor. A grammar book published in Japan said that we can't use "three days later" to mean "in three days' time from now." Is the following usage acceptable? A: He is on another phone. Could you wait? B: I'll call him ten minutes later. Snappy Tenses, Past Tenses, Future Tenses, References, Business, Career, Countries, United States, Usages, Asia

	Avangi  +  716518 Tue, 05 May 09 12:34 PM Absolutely not!  You can say, "I'll call you a little bit later." Does your grammar book offer an example? Avangi

	Snappy  +  716528 Tue, 05 May 09 12:39 PM Is "I'll call him in ten minutes" acceptable? According to the grammar book, "I'll call him ten minutes later" is wrong. It should be "I'll call him in ten minutes." Snappy

	Avangi  +  716529 Tue, 05 May 09 12:41 PM Correct. I know it seems crazy. I believe you could say, "A little while ago it was exactly three o'clock.  I'll call you three hours later than that."  It would be an impractical thing to say, but I think it would be correct. It's now twelve o'clock. I'll call you two hours later than that.  "Than that" is necessary here. I think it's correct, but no one in his right mind would say it. Avangi