Is this sentence grammatical and idiomatic?
- I will already have eaten when you get back.
To say that when .. ,let's say Mary, come back home, I will have already finished eating, I mean I will already have eaten.
Many thanks :-)
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1Yes, it’s a good sentence.– XanneCommented Jun 8, 2020 at 21:36
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There is nothing ungrammatical about it as it stands, but I think that a native speaker might say "I will have eaten by the time you get back". However "I will eat when you get back" is idiomatic. "When" refers specifically to a moment in time, and seems less appropriate to describe something that could have taken place at any prior time - if you understand me.– WS2Commented Jun 8, 2020 at 23:32
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