Monday, 25 April 2016

grammar - using present progressive with present simple in subordinate clause

In the first case, the tickets are being collected right now, and the train is going nowhere until the ticket collection is complete. It would be the answer to the question, "[w]hat's going on?"



If the collection and subsequent departure were imminent, you would (normally) use will be.



The will have been version would be used when describing the operating procedure; it doesn't imply that a particular train is going anywhere soon. It might be used to answer the question "[h]ow do you make sure there are no freeloaders?"

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