Hello Roro I should clarify something I said yesterday: Until the time you get to work tomorrow, I will have been slaving away for hours. The difficulty here is not just 'until' + 'for hours'; the conjunction of 'until' with the future

I think EA was rephrasing your sentence, Roro... But don't tell us English is completely foreign to you, I wouldn't buy it! You're doing QUITE well!

Hello Eimai_Anglos, nice talking to you! Thank you for your reply! Please don't be too hard on me, EA, English is a completely foreign language, and, living in Japan, I have almost no chance to use it in daily life! ... well! You demand

Roro wrote: It will take some time to digest every information I've got in a couple of days. Hoooo, analyse that! How about: "It will take some time to digest every piece of information I've got over the last couple of days." Or "It

Hello MrPedantic again, I was not aware of this point before: As to & you have to drop 'for hours' ┈┈ it conflicts with 'until' ┈┈ and use the future progressive: 'I'll be slaving away till you get to work tomorrow'. I thought the

Hello MrPedantic, thank you so much for all your help. It will take some time to digest every information I've got in a couple of days. There is much intriguing information. Indeed! I'll pay maximum attention to those kind of constructions

Hello Roro By the time you get to work tomorrow, I will have been slaving away for hours. – Yes, this one's fine! By the time you get to work tomorrow, I will be slaving away for hours. – You're right to be uneasy about this one. 'By the

Hello there. I just got interested in Pemmican's question and all of the replies above. From kitkattail's example (+α): By the time you get to work tomorrow, I will have been slaving away for hours. By the time you get to work tomorrow, I will

Have a try first yourself, Anon!

Provided that you continue to study in this way,in three years' time you___________English. a) will have mastered b) will have been mastering What about the abover question?