When and After

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Davidrock65  #267291  Fri, 15 Sep 06 07:04 AM

A. He went to watch TV after he's done with homework

     He went to watch TV when he's done with homework.

   Is there any difference between when and after?

B, What's the difference between bring the report to my office and bring the report by my office?

 Could u please give me some examples for the questions above?

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CalifJim  #267309  Fri, 15 Sep 06 08:05 AM
This is an English forum.  Please use correct English spellings.  It's not u.  It's you.

A. Both are incorrect.  It's after/when he was done with homework.
after and when mean almost the same thing in this context.

B. Again, both mean about the same.  bring to is a very direct way of saying it.  It can sound more urgent and more important.  bring by is a more casual and less urgent, almost suggesting when you are in the vicinitybring to is more common in the neutral case, however.

Please bring it to my office sometime today.
Bring it to my office immediately.  It has to go out as soon as possible.
No hurry.  Bring it by my office when you get a spare moment.


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Yoong Liat  #268336  Sun, 17 Sep 06 12:03 PM
He went to watch TV after he's done with homework.

He went to watch TV when he's done with homework.

The sentence should be: He went to watch TV after he'd done his homework.

  
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Marius Hancu  #268352  Sun, 17 Sep 06 12:59 PM
Both:
after he was done with homework
after he had done his homework

are OK.

Simple past may be used here (avoiding the past perfect) because the sequence of tenses is clear.

  
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