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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Main clause happens first - in future
Hello! Could you please tell me whether I can say smth like "When I'll be 24, I'll have already finished a university"? Is it better to use present simple instead of future simple?
Probably it's silly question but I'm just in 2 minds because the main clause happens first. Due to this fact it seems impossible to use present simple in subordinate clause.
Am I not right?
By the way is it generally the conditional sentence?
thanks
Probably it's silly question but I'm just in 2 minds because the main clause happens first. Due to this fact it seems impossible to use present simple in subordinate clause.
Am I not right?
By the way is it generally the conditional sentence?
thanks
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when I am 24, I will have finished my university studies. Here 'when I am 24' is the subordinate clause. This is fine.
- when I am 24, I will have finished my university studies.
- Here 'when I am 24' is the subordinate clause.
- This is fine.
- I suppose this is more of a prediction than anything else.
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when I am 24, I will have finished my university studies. Here 'when I am 24' is the subordinate clause.
This is fine.
I suppose this is more of a prediction than anything else.
This is fine.
I suppose this is more of a prediction than anything else.
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