EnglishLearner007
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I have read in a blog that quoted, "If you started working at 20 and saved $1000 every month, by the time you are 30, you will have saved a lot of money."
Why not, "If you started working at 20 and saved $1000 every month, by the time you were 30, you would save a lot of money."
I have read the same thing in a lot of reputable blogs - How to have a house by the time you are 35.
Two questions.
1. I thought we used 'are' to describe present. Why is it being used in future context?
2. Isn't the first sentence 2nd conditional? Shouldn't we have would as the 'other part' of the conditional sentence.
Why not, "If you started working at 20 and saved $1000 every month, by the time you were 30, you would save a lot of money."
I have read the same thing in a lot of reputable blogs - How to have a house by the time you are 35.
Two questions.
1. I thought we used 'are' to describe present. Why is it being used in future context?
2. Isn't the first sentence 2nd conditional? Shouldn't we have would as the 'other part' of the conditional sentence.