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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
By the time employs have put on their clothes, they are already at least 10 minutes late
In most cases, by the time employs have put on their clothes, they are already at least 10 minutes late.
I'd like to know whether we can use the present perfect tense so as to express the habitual behavior of the subject or a general fact.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I'd like to know whether we can use the present perfect tense so as to express the habitual behavior of the subject or a general fact.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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In most cases, by the time employ ees have put on their clothes, they are already at least 10 minutes late. In this clause, the present perfect tense is the only sensible option.
- In most cases, by the time employ ees have put on their clothes, they are already at least 10 minutes late.
- In this clause, the present perfect tense is the only sensible option.
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In most cases, by the time employees have put on their clothes, they are already at least 10 minutes late.
In this clause, the present perfect tense is the only sensible option.
In this clause, the present perfect tense is the only sensible option.
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your answer and correction. 
I thought the tense of "by the time" clause preceded than that o
I thought the tense of "by the time" clause preceded than that o
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I'd like to know the why.
The present perfect is for an action completed in the recent past.
If you use a verb that has the meaning of a completion of an action, then present is OK.
By the time they finish putting on their clothes, ...
By the time they are completely dressed, (state of being dressed),...
The present perfect is for an action completed in the recent past.
If you use a verb that has the meaning of a completion of an action, then present is OK.
By the time they finish putting on their clothes, ...
By the time they are completely dressed, (state of being dressed),...
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your kind reply and correction.
I'd like to knowthewhy.
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park sang joonI didn't know that "the" should not be in existence, so I have continually used the wrong expression.The only time we use "the" with "why" is with a plural form (in the phrase:) "the whys and wherefores."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/why?
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your very helpful answer and the link.
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