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Diamondrg Posted 18 years ago
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when

1b00He ---- a book in the garden when I ---- there.02b02br
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00A) will read / have got 02br
00B) is reading / will get 02br
00C) was reading / got02br
00D) would be reading / was getting02br
00E) had read / had got02br
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00Hi,02br
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00The answer to the question above is C. I wonder why A is wrong. As far as I know it is possible to use present perfect after when and will in the main clause. This is what Swan has to say about this:02br
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00present perfect: . " when I've finished02br
00The present perfect is used instead of the future perfect, to express the idea of02br
00completion.02br
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00I'll phone you when I've finished. (NOT ... when I will have finished)02br
00At the end of the year there will be an exam on everything you've studied.02br
00(NOT ... everything you will have studied.)0-
  

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02b 00 02font 02br 02br 01font 00 A) will read / have got 02br 00 C) was reading / got02br 00The answer to the question above is C. 00<< Yes. 00I wonder why A is wrong.

— Clive

  • 02b 00 02font 02br 02br 01font 00 A) will read / have got 02br 00 C) was reading / got02br 00The answer to the question above is C.
  • 00<< Yes.
  • 00I wonder why A is wrong.
  • As far as I know it is possible to use present perfect after when and will in the main clause.
  • This is what Swan has to say about this:02font 02br 02br 01font 00present perfect: .
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0Hi,02br
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01font01b00He -- a book in the garden when I -- there.02b00 02font02br
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00 C) was reading / got02br
00The answer to the question above is C. 00<< Yes. 00I wonder why A is wrong. As f
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0 Hi, Clive. Does this sentence have only one interpretation?02br
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00"He will read a book."02br
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00a) He will read it completely.02br
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00What about this?02br
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00b) He will begin to read it. 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Yes, that's true. Or he will read a part of it. But it's still rather an odd thing to say here.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive.0-
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01cite10Clive12cite10C certainly seems strange. I think it's a matter of meaning. What C would mean is 'After I have walked into his living room, he will take a book from his shelf and read it completely'.12blockquote
10Clive, I'm sure you meant A, right?02br
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0Hi,02br
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00Yes, thank you.05002br
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