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The SECOND FUTURE TENSE represents a future action that will be fully
accomplished, at or before the time of another future action or event;
as, "I _shall have finished_ my letter when my brother arrives."
This example clearly shows you the meaning and the proper use of the
second future tense. The verb "shall have finished" implies a future
action that will be completely finished, at or before the time of the
other future event denoted by the phrase, "_when_ my brother _arrives_."
NOTE. What is sometimes called the _Inceptive_ future, is expressed
thus, "I am going _to write_;" "I am about _to write_." Future time
is also indicated by placing the infinitive present immediately
after the indicative present of the verb _to be_; thus, "I am _to
write_;" "Harrison is _to be_, or ought _to be_, commander in
chief;" "Harrison is _to command_ the army."
You may now read what is said respecting the moods and tenses several
times over, and then you may learn to _conjugate_ a verb. But, before
you proceed to the conjugation of verbs, you will please to commit the
following paragraph on the _Auxiliary_ verbs and, also, the _signs_ of
the moods and tenses; and, in conjugating, you must pay particular
attention to the manner in which these signs are applied.
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