We usually use the third person verb of to have i.e., has after he, she, and it pronouns, but in the case of he/she/it will have and he/she/it would have, they are outside the box.
Will have:
We use will have when we are looking back from a point in time in the future:
By the end of the decade, scientists will have discovered a cure for influenza.
I will phone at six o'clock. He will have got home by then.
or looking back from the present:
Look at the time. The match (it) will have started. It's half past five.
Dad (he) will have finished work by now.
Would have:
We use would have as the past tense form of will have:
I phoned at six o'clock. I knew he would have got home by then.
It was half past five. Dad (he) would have finished work.
We also use would have in conditionals to talk about something that did not happen in the past:
If it had been a little warmer, we would have gone for a swim.(but it was cold so we didn't go for a swim)
He would have been very angry if he had seen you.(but he didn't see you so he wasn't angry)
We also use would have if asking conditional questions or making statements:
By any chance would he have cultivated any friends who perhaps need the opportunity?
He would have gone to work if he didn’t have a headache.
She would have lost five kilograms if she had stuck to a diet.
He would have been rich if he had continued to develop that business.
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Take care!
Prof. Carl Boniface
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