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future tense

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Definition:

A verb tense indicating action that has not yet begun.

Examples:

  • "If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong."


  • "Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.
    (Winston Churchill)


  • "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
    (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

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