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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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by the time goes with simple past ?
  

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Anonymous Does "by the time " go with the simple pas t? It can: By the time I arrived, everybody had already left. But it doesn’t have to: I will be asleep by the time you get home.

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  • Anonymous Does "by the time " go with the simple pas t?
  • It can: By the time I arrived, everybody had already left.
  • But it doesn’t have to: I will be asleep by the time you get home.
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AnonymousDoes "by the time" go with the simple past?
It can: By the time I arrived, everybody had already left.

But it doesn’t have to: I will be asleep by the time you get home.
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