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2Likes- 29-Jul-2011, 07:46 #1
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by the time ... Hi
By the time the rays of light reach your eyes the star (in the sky) will be many kilometres away.
Maybe it should be "have reached your eyes"? I'm not sure about the tense?
- 29-Jul-2011, 07:50 #2
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Teacher Re: by the time ... "Reach" or "have reached" are both OK. The sentence is factually incorrect though.
Originally Posted by GUEST2008 
Last edited by bhaisahab; 29-Jul-2011 at 08:01. Reason: Error pointed out by 5jj. Thanks.
- 29-Jul-2011, 07:55 #3
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Teacher Re: by the time ... It's 'rays', not 'light', so 'reach' is correct. Originally Posted by bhaisahab
I think 'have reached' is also correct.
- 29-Jul-2011, 07:58 #4
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Teacher Re: by the time ... Yes, you are right. I completely missed that it was "rays" and not "ray". Originally Posted by fivejedjon
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