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Youngbuts Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
by the time
Hi, everyone.
Could I say the follwing sentence?
By the time I arrive home, I have eaten dinner.
can this sentence be interpreted as I usually have eaten dinner already outside home(like in a restaurant), before I arrive home?
Thank you in advnace.
Could I say the follwing sentence?
By the time I arrive home, I have eaten dinner.
can this sentence be interpreted as I usually have eaten dinner already outside home(like in a restaurant), before I arrive home?
Thank you in advnace.
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Hi, Yes, that is the only possible interpretation. Clive
- Hi, Yes, that is the only possible interpretation.
- Clive
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Thank you, again, Clive.
"by the time" and "before" sometimes both are the same, but other times they are different, so I asked it.
Thank you.
"by the time" and "before" sometimes both are the same, but other times they are different, so I asked it.
Thank you.
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youngbuts"by the time" and "before" sometimes both are the same,They are rarely exactly the same. 'By the time' has the idea of 'no later than when'.
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