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jays
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 Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:39 am Post subject: When I do find the jewels, I'll let you know how I did it. |
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Is "did" in the following sentence correct ? I think the "did" should be "will have done" because the subject("I") will find the jewels later in the future.
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When I do find the jewels, I'll let you know how I did it. |
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CP
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| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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No, the sentence is fine as it is. The "do" is just part of the emphatic present. In English, we use the sequence of tenses present-then-future for if-then and when-then constructions, like your sentence.
I suppose you could make the case for "will have done" instead of "did" in this sentence--I'll leave that up to wiser heads than mine--but in ordinary prose, I don't think anyone would complain about "I'll let you know how I did it."
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