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Hanuman_2000 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

FUTURE TENSE

0Hello,02br
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001. Meet me when You have finished your work.02br
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00As I have not yet finished my work and whenever I finish my work , I will meet somebody.02br
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002. Meet me when you finish your work.02br
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00I don't know the difference between "when you have finished your work" and "when you finish your work".02br
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02font 02br 02br 00It's a little hard to see the meaning clearly here, because the verb 'finish' strongly suggests that the 'action' is finished, regardless of the tense that is used. Instead, let's replace it with 'cook'. 02br 02br 01font 00when you have cooked dinner02font 00 This refers to the period when you have completed the cooking.

— Clive

  • 02font 02br 02br 00It's a little hard to see the meaning clearly here, because the verb 'finish' strongly suggests that the 'action' is finished, regardless of the tense that is used.
  • Instead, let's replace it with 'cook'.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00when you have cooked dinner02font 00 This refers to the period when you have completed the cooking.
  • 02i 02br 02br 01font 00when you cook dinner 02font 00This can be used with the same meaning as above, ie 01i 00after you have completed the cooking,02i 00 or it can refer to the period during which you are cooking.
  • 02br 02br 01font 001.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I don't know the difference between "when you have finished your work" and "when you finish your work".02font02br
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00It's a little hard to see the meaning clearly here, because the verb 'finish' strongly suggests that the 'action' is finished, regardless of the tense that is used. Instead, let'
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0Hi Clive,02br
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00Thanks for clearcut explanation. 02br
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00Onece agian I want to write some sentence using "go through".02br
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00Could you help me ?02br
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001. The river 'X' 01b00goes through02b00 somplace. 02br
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00"goes through" here a phrasal ver ?02b
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Onece agian I want to write some sentence using "go through".02br
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00eg The river goes through the town, through the valley, through the . . . 02br
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01font001. The river 'X' 01b00goes through02b00 sompl
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0Hi Clive,02br
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00I want to use "go through" as a phrasal verb.02br
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00What is the meaning of it?02br
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00I want some examples also.0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I want to use "go through" as a phrasal verb.02font02br
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01font00What is the meaning of it? 02font01font00I want some examples also.02font02br
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00Perhaps you are thinking of this kind of idiom
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0Dear Clive,02br
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00May I "put my nose" in this thread and ask you a question about the future perfect?02br
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001) Would you mind giving us sentences where the present perfect is used instead of the future perfect like the example with "when" above?02br
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002) Would you please give us examples of sentences in the future perfec
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1i00Hi Hela,02i02br
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00101font00) Would you mind giving us sentences where the present perfect is used instead of the future perfect like the example with "when" above?02font02br
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00When you have washed the dishes, I will dry them.02br
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00By the time you have cooked din
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0Yes indeed, Clive, and thank you for your help! 050010id2
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