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I'm not sure about your first example... I thought to myself "As an Englishman, what would I think about in the future?" and can't figure out a way to omit 'the'.

Could you use it in a sentence?



"In future, please don't forget to cool off the tea."

There's an entire WP page on these differences that are pretty interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_g...

As always, your local dialect may differ!


Aha thank you, yes I hadn't thought about that form. Pretty sure I'd still include 'the', not sure. Interesting!


"In [the] future, please refrain from bringing fermented herring to work for lunch."




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