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7 Feb 2023
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Will you guys really say things like “I will return the book to the library as soon as I have finished it.” is it necessary to use the perfective tense? Or do we just say “I return the book to the library as soon as I finish it”🥹🥹🙏🏻🙏🏻謝謝！
Will you guys really say things like “I will return the book to the library as soon as I have finished it.” is it necessary to use the perfective tense? Or do we just say “I return the book to the library as soon as I finish it”🥹🥹🙏🏻🙏🏻謝謝！
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These are more common/natural, but your sentences aren't wrong
I'll/I'm gonna/I'm going to
return the book to the library
as soon as/when/after
I've finished it
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thx！ but could you please tell me, why do u use I've finished it instead of I finish it?
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The second one is incorrect. Unless you mean to say that every time you get books from the library, you return them. In that case you would say “I return the books to the library as soon as I finish them”. It’s an action that you do frequently. The first sentence refers to one specific event in time. “I just got this book, lll return it after I’ve finished it”
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You can also say “I just got this book, I’ll return it after I finish it”.
“After I’ve finished it”. And “after I finish it” are both correct
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@A1zhi Actually, you can say "I will return the book as soon as I finish it" instead of "I've". I should have said that too.
I think in the UK we use "have" and "I've" more, as it's more natural for me, but you're not wrong.
Just make sure you use "will" because "I return the book as soon as I've finished it" is incorrect
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