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0When he ----, we ---- a meeting.02br
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00A) arrives / have had02br
00B) has arrived / are having02br
00C) arrives / will be having02br
00D) had arrived / had02br
00E) was arriving / had0-
  

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0Indeed, it's C), as "when he arrives" equates to "upon his arrival," signifying that an action is to take place when a certain event occurs. As an example, I could say "signifying that an action is to take place upon the occurrence of a certain event" instead, although that is a little wordy. 050010id5
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01cite10Diamondrg12cite10what about b?12blockquote
10 "When he has arrived" is somehow redundant, but when it is used, it will be followed by a main clause in future tense, in my opinion.02br
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11cite20Diamondrg22cite20what about b?22blockquote
20 "When he has arrived" is somehow redundant, but when it is used, it will be followed by a main clause in future tense, in my opinion.12br
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0Hello Teo02br
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00The present or past perfect in a when-clause is fine, e.g.02br
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001. When he has finished sweeping the floor, tell him to clean the windows.02br
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002. When she had eaten all the oysters, he took her upstairs.02br
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0 I agree with MrP. "When he arrives" is like "on his arrival" and "when he has arrived" is like "anytime after his arrival".02br
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0Hello Anon02br
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00A) When he arrives, we have had a meeting.] This is grammatical, if the context is the present-tense reporting of an action as it happens.02br
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00B) When he has arrived, we are having a meeting] I can't find a context in which this would be grammatical. 02br
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00C) When he arrives, we will be having a meeti
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01cite10MrPedantic12cite10E) When he was arriving, we had a meeting. ] This seems ok, too, though perhaps a little unusual: the meeting coincided with the time of his arrival.12br
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10I think sentence E is questionable.02br
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00F) When he arrived, we had a meeting.02br
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0It was me who posted the question. It was a quest for tense possibilities in English. Paco, I think there is more to what we have been taught and what grammars wrote. 02br
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00Which ones are correct? I know a lot of them are wrong but there may be things that I don’t know.02br
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