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Ask for help > furure time clauses with ´by ´ and ´before ´
furure time clauses with ´by ´ and ´before ´
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Ruwayda37
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furure time clauses with ´by ´ and ´before ´
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Hello dear colleagues, Once again I refer to this wonderful site for help. Could you help me find out the difference between the two sentences: 1. I will do my homework before I go to school. 2. I will have done my homework before I go to school. I also read that future time words are followed by a verb in the present simple or present perfect tense. Does this apply to the verbs after �before � and �by �? For example, Is it OK to say �I will do my homework before I have gone to school �? Thanks a lot
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5 Feb 2016
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redcamarocruiser
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To me, the first sentence is stating a plan (planning an action) and the second sentence is stating an accomplishment (like checking off tasks on a to do list).
I would say, "I will have done my homework before going to school", not "before I go to school." "I will do my homework before I have gone to school" sounds strange to me. It sounds more natural to me to say, "I will do my homework before I go to school."
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5 Feb 2016
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Ruwayda37
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Thanks a lot, redcamarocruiser! I had an intuition that using the present perfect to refer to the future directly after before or by the time would be too weird but a native �s answer would really assure me. Thanks again for your reliable help. |
5 Feb 2016
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yanogator
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Yes, Mary is right about this. Bruce |
5 Feb 2016
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