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Ansonguy Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

This is the last time + different tenses of "lend"

(1) This is the last time I have lent you money.

(2) This is the last time I am lending you money.

(3) This is the last time I will lend you money.

I am not sure when to use which tense of "lend". Please help me. Thank you very much.

  

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ansonguy (1) This is the last time I have lent you money. This is not possible without a time machine or a molecular duplicator a la Star Trek. "Have lent" places the event firmly in the past, so "this" does not work.

— Anonymous

  • ansonguy (1) This is the last time I have lent you money.
  • This is not possible without a time machine or a molecular duplicator a la Star Trek.
  • "Have lent" places the event firmly in the past, so "this" does not work.
  • ", which means that I never lent you money from that time until now.
  • ansonguy (2) This is the last time I am lending you money.
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ansonguy(1) This is the last time I have lent you money.

This is not possible without a time machine or a molecular duplicator a la Star Trek. "Have lent" places the event firmly in the past, so "this" does not work. Maybe "That was the last time I lent you money.", which means that I never lent you money from that time until now.

anson
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ansonguy

(1) This is the last time I have lent you money. No, even grammatically ok, but semantically flawed.

(2) This is the last time I am lending you (the/ any) money. Improved as edited.

(3) This is the last time I will lend you

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