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Is "in the future" correctly used?

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tanguatlay
 
Reply Mon 26 Dec, 2022 09:27 am
We will continue our volunteer activities in the future…

Is “in the future" wrongly used? I wonder because "in the future" seems to imply that the volunteering would start only in the future, when what is meant is that it is continuing without a break.

If I am right, how should it be reworded?

Thanks.
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tanguatlay
 
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Reply Mon 26 Dec, 2022 10:41 am
Could someone please help? Thanks.
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hightor
 
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Reply Mon 26 Dec, 2022 11:38 am
@tanguatlay,

We will continue our volunteer activities into the future…

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Mame
 
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Reply Mon 26 Dec, 2022 11:47 am
@tanguatlay,
1. When else would anything continue but 'in the future'? It can't continue in the past, can it? "In the Future" is redundant. Like, "past experience". One's experience is always past, isn't it? It's as bad as saying 6:00 a.m. in the morning.

2. If you're wanting to say "the volunteer activities will continue without a break", then just say so.
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Glennn
 
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Reply Mon 26 Dec, 2022 03:06 pm
Wouldn't the word "our" also be redundant?
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