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Diamondrg Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

time sequence in time clauses

0I tried to paint the picture of possible tense choices in time clauses, but I think it is not as easy as it seems as meaning and context 00 00is also of pivotal importance. For example, I think00 00“0053- I haven't seen them since they have got married.” 00is not acceptable but “She has made a lot of friends since she has been here.” is acceptable as they they happen at the same time, though they have the same structure. Another example: “0056- I (don't) see them since they got married.” 00İs wrong. But “We lead a a very quiet life since Ralph 00retired” is correct since, as Mister Micawber said elsewhere, lead 00is an expression of 'timeless state'.00 00 00That is, the matter at issue is meaning and context-dependent.02br
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00I THINK THESE ARE CORRECT BUT I AM NOT SURE. I NEED NATIVE SPEAKER HELP.02br
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00WHEN / BY THE TIME (as time conjunctions)02br
004- When / By the time he arrives, we will begin the meeting.02br
006- When / By the time he arrives, we will have begun the meeting.02br
0011- When / By the time he has arrived, we will have a meeting.02br
0013- When / By the time he arrived, we had had a meeting.02br
0014- When he arrived, we had a meeting.00 00(By the time???)02br
0015- When he arrived, we were having a meeting.00 00(By the time???)02br
0016- When / By the time he arrived, we had already begun the meeting.02br
0017- When / By the time he was arriving, we were having a meeting.02br
0018- When / By the time he was arriving, we had a meeting.02br
0019- When / By the time he was arriving, had a meeting.02br
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00UNTIL ( as a time conjunction)02br
0023- Until he arrives, I will wait here.02br
0026- Until he arrives, I am waiting here.02br
0029- Until he has arrived, I will wait here.02br
0034- Until he has arrived, I will have waited here.02br
0041- Until he arrived, I waited here.02br
0042- Until he arrived, I was waiting here.02br
0043- Until he arrived, I had waited here.02br
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00SINCE ( as a time conjunction)02br
0052- I haven't seen them since they got married.02br
0059- Yesterday she told me she hadn’t seen them since they got married two years before.02br
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0060- She can’t walk properly since the accident.02br
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0061- Since she has been here she has had a lot of friends.02br
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00BEFORE ( as a time conjunction)02br
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0062- Before he goes to bed, he will brush his teeth.02br
0068- Before he has gone to bed, he will brush his teeth.02br
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0076- Before he went to bed, he brushed his teeth.02br
0078- Before he went to bed, he had brushed his teeth.02br
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00(Can “before” be used with other tenses such as present and past continuous tense?)02br
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00AFTER ( as a time conjunction)02br
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0084- After she does the dishes, she will watch TV.02br
0090- After she has done the dishes, she will watch TV.02br
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0097- After she did the dishes, she brushed TV.02br
00101- After she had done the dishes, she watched TV.02br
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00AS SOON AS / ONCE ( as a time conjunction)02br
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00107. As soon as/ Once I get home, I will call you. 02br
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00111. As soon as/ Once I got home, I called you.02br
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00112. As soon as/ Once I got home, I would call you.02br
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00115. As soon as / Once I have got home, I will call you.02br
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00(Can “as soon as / once” be used with tenses such as present or past continuous tenses and past perfect tense?)02br
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00I THINK THESE ARE WRONG BUT I AM NOT SURE. I NEED NATIVE SPEAKER HELP.02br
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00WHEN / BY THE TIME (as time conjunctions)02br
001- When / By the time he arrives, we begin the meeting.02br
002- When / By the time he arrives, we are having a meeting.02br
003- When / By the time he arrives, we have had a meeting.02br
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005- When / By the time he arrives, we will be having a meeting.02br
007- When / By the time he has arrived, we begin the meeting.02br
008- When / By the time he has arrived, we begin the meeting.02br
009- When / By the time he has arrived, we are having a meeting.02br
0010- When / By the time he has arrived, we have begun the meeting. 02br
0012- When / By the time he has arrived, we have had a meeting.02br
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0020- When / By the time he had arrived, we had a meeting.02br
0021- When / By the time he had arrived, we had had a meeting.02br
0022- When / By the time he had arrived, we were having a meeting.02br
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00UNTIL ( as a time conjunction)02br
0024- Until he arrives, I wait here.02br
0025- Until he arrives, I have waited here.02br
0027- Until he arrives, I will be waiting here.02br
0028- Until he arrives, I will have waited here.02br
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0030- Until he has arrived, I wait here.02br
0031- Until he has arrived, I have waited here.02br
0032- Until he has arrived, I am waiting here.02br
0033- Until he has arrived, I will be waiting here.02br
0035- Until he is arriving, I will wait here.02br
0036- Until he is arriving, I am waiting here.02br
0037- Until he is arriving, I wait here.02br
0038- Until he is arriving, I will be waiting here.02br
0039- Until he is arriving, I will have waited here.02br
0040- Until he is arriving, I have waited here.02br
0044- Until he arrived, I have waited here.02br
0045- Until he was arriving, I waited here.02br
0046- Until he was arriving, I was waiting here.02br
0047- Until he was arriving, I had waited here.02br
0048- Until he had arrived, I waited here.02br
0049- Until he had arrived, I had waited here.02br
0050- Until he had arrived, I was waiting here.02br
0051- Until he had arrived, I had been waiting here.02br
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00SINCE ( as a time conjunction)02br
0053- I haven't seen them since they have got married.02br
0054- I hadn't seen them since they got married.02br
0055- I hadn't seen them since they had got married.02br
0056- I don't see them since they got married.02br
0057- I didn't see them since they got married.02br
0058- I didn't see them since they had got married.02br
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00BEFORE ( as a time conjunction)02br
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0063- Before he goes to bed, he brushes his teeth.02br
0064- Before he goes to bed, he has brushed his teeth.02br
0065- Before he goes to bed, he is brushing his teeth. 02br
0066- Before he goes to bed, he will be brushing his teeth.02br
0067- Before he goes to bed, he will have brushed his teeth.02br
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0069- Before he has gone to bed, he brushes his teeth.02br
0070- Before he has gone to bed, he has brushed his teeth.02br
0071- Before he has gone to bed, he is brushing his teeth. 02br
0072- Before he has gone to bed, he will be brushing his teeth.02br
0073- Before he has gone to bed, he will have brushed his teeth.02br
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0074- Before he has gone to bed, he brushed his teeth.02br
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0075- Before he has gone to bed, he has brushed his teeth.02br
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0077- Before he went to bed, he was brushing his teeth.02br
0079- Before he went to bed, he has brushed his teeth.02br
0080- Before he had gone to bed, he brushed his teeth.02br
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0081- Before he had gone to bed, he had brushed his teeth.02br
0082- Before he had gone to bed, he was brushing his teeth.02br
0083- Before he had gone to bed, he had been brushing his teeth.02br
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00AFTER ( as a time conjunction)02br
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0085- After she does the dishes, she watches TV.02br
0086- After she does the dishes, she has watched TV.02br
0087- After she does the dishes, she is watching TV. 02br
0088- After she does the dishes, she will be watching TV.02br
0089- After she does the dishes, she will have watched TV.02br
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0091- After she has done the dishes, she watches TV.02br
0092- After she has done the dishes, she has watched TV.02br
0093- After she has done the dishes, she is watching TV. 02br
0094- After she has done the dishes, she will be watching TV.02br
0095- After she has done the dishes, she will have watched TV.02br
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0096- After she has done the dishes, she has watched TV.02br
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0098- After she did the dishes, she was watching TV.02br
0099- After she did the dishes, she had watched TV.02br
00100- After she did the dishes, she has watched TV.02br
00102- After she had done the dishes, she had watched TV. 02br
00103- After she had done the dishes, she was watching TV. 02br
00104- After she had done the dishes, she had been watching TV.02br
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00AS SOON AS / ONCE ( as a time conjunction)02br
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00105. As soon as / Once I get home, I call you.02br
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00106. As soon as/ Once I get home, I am calling you.02br
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00108. As soon as/ Once I get home, I will be calling you.02br
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00109. As soon as/ Once I get home, I will have called you.02br
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00110. As soon as/ Once I get home, I have called you.02br
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00113. As soon as / Once I got home, I was calling you.02br
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00114. As soon as/ Once I got home, I had called you.02br
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00116. As soon as/ Once I have got home, I call you.02br
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00117. As soon as/ Once I have got home, I will be calling you.02br
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00118. As soon as/ Once I have got home, I will have called you.02br
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00119. As soon as / Once I have got home, I have called you.02br
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00120. As soon as/ Once I have got home, I called you.02br
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00121. As soon as/ Once I have got home, I am calling you.02br
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0Your quest is admirable, but you have exceeded the bounds of patience for the unpaid help! 05002br 00 I doubt you will get much of a response here, unless one of our forum members gets particularly keen to meet the challenge! I don't think I myself could possibly find the time to examine all this material and organize it into anything sensible for you.

  • 0Your quest is admirable, but you have exceeded the bounds of patience for the unpaid help!
  • 05002br 00 I doubt you will get much of a response here, unless one of our forum members gets particularly keen to meet the challenge!
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0Your quest is admirable, but you have exceeded the bounds of patience for the unpaid help! 05002br
00 I doubt you will get much of a response here, unless one of our forum members gets particularly keen to meet the challenge! I don't think I myself could possibly find the time to examine all this material and organize it into anything sensible for you. That said, I do adm
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