Select the most appropriate option that corrects the underlined error in the given sentence.
By 2028, the company has operated in this market for fifteen years.
Select the most appropriate option that corrects the underlined error in the given sentence.
By 2028, the company has operated in this market for fifteen years.
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 3
“By 2028” gives a future reference point, while “for fifteen years” describes a period that will be completed by that point.
The future perfect form “will have operated” expresses this correctly.
Traps:
Will operate does not show a completed fifteen-year period by 2028.
Has been operating is tied to the present, not a future deadline.
Had operated is past perfect and needs a past reference point.