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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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How to write this in the past
How to write this in the past? Which is correct?
The day will come when I will retire.
The day will come when I retire.
The day will come when I will retire.
The day will come when I retire.
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Anonymous How to write this in the past? Which is correct? Your sentences are future, not past.
- Anonymous How to write this in the past?
- Which is correct?
- Your sentences are future, not past.
- Both of them are OK.
- Past: The day came when I retired.
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AnonymousHow to write this in the past? Which is correct?Your sentences are future, not past. Both of them are OK.
Past:
The day came when I retired. (simple past)
The day would come when I would retire.(future relative to the past)
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I thought that after when you don't use the future tense.
I thought only The day will come when I retire is correct
I thought only The day will come when I retire is correct
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