http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Grammar/wqxgl/post.htm#750963Wed, 27 May 2009 15:12:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:750963Clive0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Grammar/wqxgl/post.htm#750963http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-750963.xmlHi, I have some questions as they relate to some grammar. By the time Alex finished his studies, he had been in London for over eight years. OK Now I know that this sentence is in the Past Perfect but I also know that many times we can arrange sentences differently. Here is another sentence but it has been rearranged. Alex will have been in London for over eight years by the time he finished his studies. &#39;Alex will have been&#39; is Future Perfect. You can think of this as &#39;the past in the future&#39;. Let me offer a simple example. I will arrive in London on June 1. I will leave London on June 11. By the time I leave London, I will have been in London for 10 days. Thus, if you are...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Grammar/wqxgl/post.htmWed, 27 May 2009 14:39:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:750935Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Grammar/wqxgl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-750935.xmlI have some questions as they relate to some grammar. By the time Alex finished his studies, he had been in London for over eight years. Now I know that this sentence is in the Past Perfect but I also know that many times we can arrange sentences differently. Here is another sentence but it has been rearranged. Alex will have been in London for over eight years by the time he finished his studies. This sentence contains the grammar necessary but appears incorrect to me. When the expression by the time is used, this second sentence appears incorrect but if I write the same sentence slightly different using the word before subtituting by the time the sentence seems to be correct. i.e. Alex will have been in...