http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WillWouldDone/zprgr/post.htm#491607Wed, 27 May 2009 03:35:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491607Marius Hancu0http://www.englishforums.com/English/WillWouldDone/zprgr/post.htm#491607http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491607.xmlNo, would is much more frequent in this context than will . Thousands times morehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WillWouldDone/zprgr/post.htm#491587Wed, 27 May 2009 03:35:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491587CalifJim1http://www.englishforums.com/English/WillWouldDone/zprgr/post.htm#491587http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491587.xmlHow does that compare with the corresponding frequency count for thought ... would ? About the same? CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WillWouldDone/zprgr/post.htm#491541Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:35:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491541Marius Hancu2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WillWouldDone/zprgr/post.htm#491541http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491541.xmlLet&#39;s start with Faulkner, shall we? Essays, Speeches &amp; Public Letters - Page 41 by William Faulkner, James B. Meriwether - 1966 And he would rise and dress and drive in to the village; he would even drive through the village although he knew that everything there will have long been ... -------- A Place Called Mississippi: Collected Narratives - Page 123 by Marion Barnwell - History - 1997 And he would rise and dress and drive in to the village; he would even drive through the village although he knew that everything there will have long been ... ------------- This first is from a document prepared seemingly for a department of the British governement: <a href="http://www.dhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WillWouldDone/zprgr/post.htm#491489Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:35:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491489CalifJim3http://www.englishforums.com/English/WillWouldDone/zprgr/post.htm#491489http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491489.xmlif the version of &quot;will / shall have been&quot; is acceptable? Not to my ear. thought that and knew that are almost never followed by can, may, will, or shall . CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WillWouldDone/zprgr/post.htm#491468Wed, 27 May 2009 03:35:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491468Marius Hancu4http://www.englishforums.com/English/WillWouldDone/zprgr/post.htm#491468http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491468.xmlYes, possible but with a meaning different from would (which here expresses the idea that under normal circumstances, it&#39;s expected that the wallet was found, one can make that assumption): -- Will have + past participle : to express certainty or confidence about the past Dear Sir, You will recently have received a form Swan, Practical English Usage, will --http://www.englishforums.com/English/WillWouldDone/zprgr/post.htmMon, 27 Apr 2009 03:35:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491402Viceidol5http://www.englishforums.com/English/WillWouldDone/zprgr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491402.xmlSam thought that his wallet will have been found by one of the villagers. Sam thought that his wallet would have been found by one of the villagers. Sam thought that his wallet shall have been found by one of the villagers. Sam thought that his wallet should have been found by one of the villagers. May I ask if the version of &quot;will / shall have been&quot; is acceptable? (I think the version of &quot;would/should have done&quot; is acceptable. But I&#39;m not sure about the other two.) Please give me your opinion, thank you!