If you went to the club you wouldn't be able to return on time. You friend would have

[tufguy]

1) If you go to the club you won't be able to return on time. You friend will have left by the time you reach home.

2) If you went to the club you wouldn't be able to return on time. You friend would have left by the time you reached home.


Please check my sentences.

 

[emsr2d2]

There's a comma missing in the first half of both. "on time" for what?

 

[GoesStation]

You friend will have left by the time you reach home.

The underlined words contain an error.

 

[tufguy]

There's a comma missing in the first half of both. "on time" for what?

1) If you go to the club to have a party, you won't be able to return on time. Your friend will have left by the time you reach home.

2) If you went to the club, you wouldn't be able to return on time. Your friend would have left by the time you reached home.

 

[GoesStation]

1) If you go to the club to have a party, you won't be able to return on time. Your friend will have left by the time you reach home.

2) If you went to the club, you wouldn't be able to return on time. Your friend would have left by the time you reached home.

The tenses are correct. You haven't used excess words. Well done.

"Have a party" isn't used quite right in sentence one.

 

[emsr2d2]

I'll ask again - "on time" for what? I have a sneaking suspicion you might mean "in time".

 

[tufguy]

I'll ask again - "on time" for what? I have a sneaking suspicion you might mean "in time".

By "On time" I mean within the time the friend has to stay there. ( Is my sentence correct?) Or before he leaves.

 

[tufguy]

The tenses are correct. You haven't used excess words. Well done.

"Have a party" isn't used quite right in sentence one.

Could you please tell me the correct way to use it?

 

[GoesStation]

"Have a party" isn't used quite right in sentence one.

Could you please tell me the correct way to use it?

You might say "Let's have a party!" if you want to suggest throwing a party. In your sentence it sounds like you're talking about attending one. In that case, you might say If you go to the club for/to attend the party, you won't be able to return in time. "To attend" sounds quite formal; "for" is fine for most contexts.

I changed an article, too. Can you see why?

 

[emsr2d2]

By "On time" I mean within the time the friend has to stay there no full stop here or before he leaves. (Is my sentence correct?)

What do you mean by "the time my friend has to stay there"? Why is your friend obliged to stay there at all?

If you have been given a deadline by which you have to return and you get back before that time, you're "on time". If you miss the deadline, you're late.
If you want to get somewhere with enough time to spare to do something, you're "in time".

So - if you've been told that you must get back to the club by 10pm and you get back by (or before) 10pm, you're on time. If your friend is going to leave at 10pm and you get back at 9.55pm, then you got back in time to see him.

 

[tufguy]

You might say "Let's have a party!" if you want to suggest throwing a party. In your sentence it sounds like you're talking about attending one. In that case, you might say If you go to the club for/to attend the party, you won't be able to return in time. "To attend" sounds quite formal; "for" is fine for most contexts.

I changed an article, too. Can you see why?

You changed "On time" to "In time". Am I correct? What is the reason?

 

[tufguy]

What do you mean by "the time my friend has to stay there"? Why is your friend obliged to stay there at all?

If you have been given a deadline by which you have to return and you get back before that time, you're "on time". If you miss the deadline, you're late.
If you want to get somewhere with enough time to spare to do something, you're "in time".

So - if you've been told that you must get back to the club by 10pm and you get back by (or before) 10pm, you're on time. If your friend is going to leave at 10pm and you get back at 9.55pm, then you got back in time to see him.

"By the time my friend has to stay there" does this sentence make sense?

 

[GoesStation]

I changed an article, too. Can you see why?

You changed "On time" to "In time". Am I correct? What is the reason?

No, you aren't. I did change on to in for the reasons ems discusses above, but they're prepositions, not articles.

 

[emsr2d2]

"By the time my friend has to stay there." Does this sentence make sense?

1. It's not a sentence.
2. Even if it were a sentence, no, it doesn't make sense.

 

[tufguy]

1. It's not a sentence.
2. Even if it were a sentence, no, it doesn't make sense.

So, how would you say this? Could you please explain this?

 

[tufguy]

No, you aren't. I did change on to in for the reasons ems discusses above, but they're prepositions, not articles.

Sorry, I miswrote that.

 

[emsr2d2]

So, how would you say this? Could you please explain this?

I don't know how to correct it because I don't know what you're trying to say. "by the time my friend has to stay there" is meaningless. You need to try and explain it to us in a different way.

 

[tufguy]

I don't know how to correct it because I don't know what you're trying to say. "by the time my friend has to stay there" is meaningless. You need to try and explain it to us in a different way.

You need to come back by the time your friend has to leave.

You need to come back within the time your friend stays here.

I want to say "Your friend has to leave at 10 PM so you need to come back before or by 10PM".

 

[GoesStation]

I want to say "Your friend has to leave at 10 PM so you need to come back before or by 10PM".

One simple way to say that is Jack has to leave at ten, so you need to be back before then. I supplied a name for the friend because it would be odd if you and the person you were talking to didn't know who he was.

How's your reading coming?

 

[tufguy]

One simple way to say that is Jack has to leave at ten, so you need to be back before then. I supplied a name for the friend because it would be odd if you and the person you were talking to didn't know who he was.

How's your reading coming?

I don't have time to sleep as well. A lot of work because of work from home.