Grammaticality – ‘I Will Have the Package Sent’ vs ‘Have Sent the Package’

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I'm aware that:

I will have the package sent by next week

is correct. But what about:

I will have sent the package by next week

Is it completely wrong to say it or is there some correctness in it?

I'm asking this question because I was writng an email and I first wrote:

By next week I will have discussed the projcet with the professor and would be able to answer your questions then.

Then I changed it to:

By next week I will have the project discussed with the professor and would be able to answer your question then.

Is the first one (I will have discussed the project) absolutely wrong? And is there a way to rewrite it so that discussed still appears before the project when using have (to emphasize the discussing action)?

Best Answer

I will have (past participle of verb) (object) is English's "Future Perfect" tense construction. It refers to actions (on the object) that you will complete before a certain time in the future.

I will have (object) (past participle of verb) is a construction that in English means "I will direct that the object be (verb-ed)".

I will have the package sent by next week

is acceptable, and means that before next week, you will have arranged for the sending of the package.

I will have sent the package by next week

is also acceptable, and means that before next week, you yourself will have done the sending of the package.

By next week I will have discussed the project with the professor and would be able to answer your questions then.

is acceptable and means that before next week you and the professor will discuss the project.

By next week I will have the project discussed with the professor and would be able to answer your question then.

is unusual. It might mean that before next week, you arrange for the professor to discuss it with someone else (not you).

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