GhotiO |fɪʃ|
Banned
- Joined
- Apr 8, 2024
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Russian
- Home Country
- Russian Federation
- Current Location
- Russian Federation
Does B's line work here as a question?
First, I'm interested in "by when", it's not a phrase that you can hear in English every day.
And second, I'm interested in the perfect infinitive, I feel like the simple infinitive is simply not "fit" for this job since losing twenty kilos of weight is not an easy task at all and it certainly takes time, while my question is about the moment of the finalization of this journey.
A: I want to lose twenty kilos.
B: By when do you want to have done it?
First, I'm interested in "by when", it's not a phrase that you can hear in English every day.
And second, I'm interested in the perfect infinitive, I feel like the simple infinitive is simply not "fit" for this job since losing twenty kilos of weight is not an easy task at all and it certainly takes time, while my question is about the moment of the finalization of this journey.
A: I want to lose twenty kilos.
B: By when do you want to have done it?