backshifting sentences

[ostap77]

/A learner/

I don't think I'll fall in love with these original poster's sentences.:roll:


He told me that he'll give you the book after he's read it.

He told me that he would have given you the book if he had read it. (He didn't finish his reading. He couldn't have given the book to you.)

"Having read" is the perfect participle.I rather wouldn't use it as the condition for a future action

You don't have to:-D

 

[philo2009]

1)"He said that after he's read this book, he will give it to you."

OR

2)"He said that after he had read/read this book, he would give it to you."

OR

3)He said that having read this book, he will give it to you."

Formally, only #2 is fully acceptable.
Informally, any of them might conceivably be heard.