A lot of it is natural or spontaneous, though the rules of grammar may not be obvious. Grammar tense and time referred to do not always correspond. But we refer to an event in the past and not in the future.
It implies future action, completed "by" a certain time. That's why it takes future perfect tense. Guestxxx Guestxxx 31 1 1 bronze badge. Orlan Sanchez Orlan Sanchez 2 2 gold badges 3 3 silver badges 7 7 bronze badges. KillingTime 4, 42 42 gold badges 29 29 silver badges 34 34 bronze badges. Helena Helena 1. It would improve the answer if you could include a source for this rule.
Shall we meet tomorrow then? What if we met on Thursday instead? How about we meet this Friday? Dog Lover 6, 7 7 gold badges 42 42 silver badges 77 77 bronze badges.
This doesn't answer the question originally posed: is using the past verb form grammatically incorrect? Can we meet tomorrow? Ramesh Kapur Dr. Ramesh Kapur 1 1 1 bronze badge. How do you feel about the phrasing "How would it be if we met tomorrow? Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.
Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Meet with only means the latter when referring to people. But in the following cases, meet with is preferred even though meet alone would be possible:. Learner's Dictionary mobile search. Learner's Dictionary. Ask the Editor. Peter Sokolowski , Editor at Large. Here are clear examples of meet used alone: He met his wife at work. Have we met? You look familiar. Pleased to meet you. We are meeting with the architect today to discuss the plans.
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