I was talking about the importance of correct tenses with my language students today. One point that came up was the use of the future perfect tense.
eg. By next week I will have sent the invoice.
In languages such as Chinese, the future perfect tense does not exist, which may impede accurate reporting of financial transactions, in terms of time at least.
This is just one of the 12 main tenses we use in English, which can act to make precise communication difficult between non-expert users.
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