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    jajakwood is offline Newbie
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    Talking until & present perfect tense

    Doesn't "until" go well with the present perfect or past perfect tense which is used in main clause when we use until in the subordinate clause ?

    If we say as follow: I have waited him until now or I had waited him until at 7, is this sentence grammatically correct or not?

    Please help me realize what point I misunderstand.

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    Default Re: until & present perfect tense

    Quote Originally Posted by jajakwood View Post
    Doesn't "until" go well with the present perfect or past perfect tense which is used in main clause when we use until in the subordinate clause ?

    If we say as follow: I have waited for him until now or I had waited for him until at 7, is this sentence grammatically correct or not?

    Please help me realize what point I misunderstand.
    I added the word "for" him in both sentences, it now would be correct.

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