Prrsent perfect clause for future!
" I'll call you back as soon as I've settled the kids for the night "
Why on second clause , The author used present perfect tense "I've settle"?!!
Could you explain to me grammaticlly please?
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mirmohamad The author used present perfect tense "I've settle"?!! "I've settle d ", not "I've settle". The present perfect is used from the perspective of the future time at which the speaker calls the other person back.
- mirmohamad The author used present perfect tense "I've settle"?!!
- "I've settle d ", not "I've settle".
- The present perfect is used from the perspective of the future time at which the speaker calls the other person back.
- At that future time, he may say "I've settled the kids".
- You may think it should be "as soon as I will have settled", but we don't use "will" with "as soon as" and various other time expressions.
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mirmohamadThe author used present perfect tense "I've settle"?!!
"I've settled", not "I've settle".
The present perfect is used from the perspective of the future time at which the speaker calls the other person back. At that future time, he may say "I've settled the kids".
You may think it should be "as soon as I will have settled", but
0We use the present perfect in such cases to emphasize that the action/event is finished.
In your example, it implies that when settling the kids for the night is finished, you will call them back, not any sooner than that.
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