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hiromi525
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 Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:10 pm Post subject: at which time |
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The sentence below is from a textbook.
A tax receipt will be mailed to you at the end of the financial year, at which time your file will be closed permanently.
If the sentence is "A tax receipt will be mailed to you by the end of the financial year,"
Would it be possible to say the latter half "by which time your file will be closed permanently." |
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IanT
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It would change the meaning slightly.
"..at which time..." tells you it will happen at the same time as the action in the first half.
"... by which time..." says it will happen then, or sometime before then.
And with "... by which time..." you would normally use the future perfect:
"by which time your file will have been closed permanently."
Hope helps,
Ian
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IanT
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It would change the meaning slightly.
"..at which time..." tells you it will happen at the same time as the action in the first half.
"... by which time..." says it will happen then, or sometime before then.
And with "... by which time..." you would normally use the future perfect:
"by which time your file will have been closed permanently."
Hope helps,
Ian
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www.EnglishSwearing.com - How to use all the bad words! ... and ... www.throdworld.com - Silly verses to make you happy.
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