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Sabyakgp Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Doubt on using By the time

0Dear Friends,02br
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00I have some doubts on using "By the time"02br
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00Now i am saying.02br
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00I will have completed 5 years in the company by the time you complete your MBA02br
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00After 5 years02br
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001) 01font01b00I thought I would have completed 5 years in the company by the you completed your MBA02b02font02br
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00or02br
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002) 01font01b00I thought I would complete 5 years in the company by the time you completed your MBA02b02font02br
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00I would like to know which one (1 or 2) is the correct structure.02br
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00Another one.02br
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00Now.02br
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00I will have had my lunch by the time you come.02br
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00After 2 hour.02br
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001) 01font01b00I thought I would have had my lunch by the time you came.02b02font02br
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002) 01font01b00I thought I would have my lunch by the time you came.02b02font02br
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00Which form is the correct one.02br
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00Please help me.02br
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00Thank You02br
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00Sabya0-
  

Top answer

02br 02br 00The 'I thought I would have' structure means that you expected to have done something, but you didn't actually do it. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 02br 02br 00The 'I thought I would have' structure means that you expected to have done something, but you didn't actually do it.
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11 Answers
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0I'm a little confused by what you are trying to express.02br
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00The 'I thought I would have' structure means that you expected to have done something, but you didn't actually do it. So, in your first examples, you hadn't served 5 years by the time they completed their MBA, and in the second, you did not have lunch before they arrived.02br
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00Is th
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0 01font01b00These are the correct ones.02br
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00 I thought I would have completed 5 years in the company by the you completed your MBA02br
02b02font01font01b00I thought I would have had my lunch by the time you came.02br
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00CJ02br
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0Thanks CalifJim and nona.02br
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00nona, i meant the same. If i had really completed 5 years in the company i should have written :02br
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01b01font00I thought I had completed 5 years in the company by the you completed your MBA02font02b02br
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0Thanks nona and CalifJim02br
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00Nona,02br
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00I meant the same as you thought.02br
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00If i had completed 5 years in the company then I should have written:02br
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01b01font00I thought I had completed 5 years in the company by the you completed your MBA02br
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0Thanks nona and CalifJim02br
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00Nona,02br
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00I meant the same as you thought.02br
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00If i had completed 5 years in the company then I should have written:02br
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01b01font00I thought I had completed 5 years in the company by the you completed your MBA02br
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0>I thought I would have completed 5 years in the company by the 01font00time02font00 you completed your MBA02br
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00 You need the 01font00time02font00 here.0-
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0Sabya02br
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00"by the time" refers to (1) a point in time in the 01u00future 02u00when the speaker 01u00predicts02u00 an action or event will happen or (2) a point of time in the01u00 past02u00 when an action or event was realised or completed.02br
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00(1) They 01u00will
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0If you actually completed these actions 'by the time' mentioned, you wouldn't say 'I thought'. 'I thought' shows there is some doubt about whether you will do/had done it. You would simply say02br
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00I had completed 5 years in the company by the time you completed your MBA02br
00I had had my lunch by the time you came.02br
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00If you wa
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0Thanks to Mr. steve , Nona and Marius.02br
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00I would like to raise a doubt about the two sentences given by Mr. steve. 02br
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00(1) They 01u00will be02u00 tired by the time their plane arrives in Perth.02br
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00According to my knowledge it should be02br
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0Thanks to Mr. steve , Nona and Marius.02br
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00I would like to raise a doubt about the two sentences given by Mr. steve. 02br
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00(1) They will be tired by the time their plane arrives in Perth.02br
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00According to my knowledge it should be02br
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01font00They 01u00wi
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