Mais personne mieux que Claude Nougaro n'aura incarné

G. D.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is the future perfect used in this sentence: "Mais personne mieux que Claude Nougaro n'aura incarné..."?

Would present tense not work here?

Asked 1 year ago

CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Gee,

The future perfect is often used in historical accounts to describe something which happened in the past and may or may not be the case nowadays.

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Hope this helps!

Like11 year ago

Why is the future perfect used in this sentence: "Mais personne mieux que Claude Nougaro n'aura incarné..."?

Would present tense not work here?

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