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Zaedsul Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

By the time rule

By the time we get to the cinema, the film……..

1) Will start

2) Starts

3) Had started

4) Will have started
  

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Either 1) or 4) sounds fine. 4) sounds better than 1).

— Vvr_97

  • Either 1) or 4) sounds fine.
  • 4) sounds better than 1).
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Either 1) or 4) sounds fine. 4) sounds better than 1).
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The more idiomatic pattern is to use a perfect tense with a "by the time" clause with implications of an expected future achievement. You need 4).

By the time the project concludes this fall, he will have traveled to 15 cities.
By the time the playoffs arrive, United will have played a team-record 47 games.
By the time the sale is made, the Wrigley Field ivy w

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