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hela
Joined: 02 May 2004
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Location: Tunisia
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 Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:42 am Post subject: by the time |
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Dear teachers,
Is it possible to add another clause (idea) to the following sentence? If yes, in which tense should the verb be? Could it be something else than (correct ???) the future?
By the time he comes, we will be having a meeting / will have had a meeting..... (it is possible to add something else here? In which tense ?)
Best regards,
Hela
PS: If I say "It would be great if I could have an answer today." would that sound impolite, i.e., sarcastic or offensive ? |
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Harmony
Joined: 23 Mar 2006
Posts: 140
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:36 pm Post subject: Re: by the time |
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| hela wrote: |
Dear teachers,
Is it possible to add another clause (idea) to the following sentence? If yes, in which tense should the verb be? Could it be something other than the future?
By the time he comes, we will be having a meeting / will have had a meeting..... (it is possible to add something else here? In which tense ?)
Best regards,
Hela
PS: If I say "It would be great if I could have an answer today." would that sound impolite, i.e., sarcastic or offensive ? |
Hi Hela,
"By the time he comes" puts the action in the future. I don't see any way around that. You've used future continuous and future perfect. You could add future perfect continuous: By the time he comes we will have been having a meeting for several hours.
~ ~ ~ Harmony 
PS Your proposed PS does not sound impolite, sarcastic or offensive to me.  |
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hela
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| Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:03 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, Harmony.
See you soon. |
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