Rob Morley wrote:
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Rob Morley wrote:
In article
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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The use of "when", implies a past tense..
How does it? When was, when is, when will ...
Those are totally modified by the following verb: The default use of
'when' is the past tense.

The moment when...

When doesn't have a tense because it's not a verb. When the weather
clears up I'll put the washing on the line. When I was younger, so much
younger than today.

'Last year' doesn't have a tense either, but few people understand it to
mean the future.

You have to modify it to 'the last year that I WILL be'...or some such.