Found in my email this morning
It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft Corporation ,in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products,(F.P.S.) held this morning 230th November 2010 here in Jakarta-Indonesia, A winning prize of $2,500.000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) will be issued in your name.It is important to note that your award was released with the following particulars attached to it.
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Wow, your experimental research into time dilation and the effects it has on email while having shooter specials is really beginning to pay off.
I want to congratulate you, but am not sure of the proper tense to use.
how do I congratulate you on something that has happened in the future and which you are already aware of, but is still months away from actually happening?
I think I will have to consult Dr Dan Streetmentioner’s Time Traveller’s Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations. Although I could only get as far as the Future Semi-Conditionally Modified Subinverted Plagal Past Subjunctive Intentional before giving up.
cryptic HHGTTG reference for ya