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In this case, the choice might be practical, as futures are generally taken to be financial instruments in the US.
by lainga 8y ago
In this case, the choice might be practical, as futures are generally taken to be financial instruments in the US.
- nine_k 8y agoZero article could work. Future as a non-measurable substance, like water. Future as something that does not need a specification with a "the", like captain on a ship.
- lgessler 8y agoI have trouble imagining a sentence where a speaker would truly have difficulty disambiguating the two senses. People rarely have trouble disambiguating even incredibly homophonous words like set, run, or bank.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoI have trouble imagining such sentence where a speaker wouldn't think it's about banking. "Futures" plural referring to time is something I've only seen in incredibly nerdy phrases, like "set of all possible futures".