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Old 13-Feb-2006, 13:27
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Default Re: by the time

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Originally Posted by tdol
By the time- sets a limit, so the limit would either come in the middle (will be having) or after the end (will have had).
would the limit really come in the middle? then C is correct? then can you explain what makes D wrong? Is this sentence OK? "By the time he came, we were having a meeting."
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