Which is correct?

Question

Note: I am a student but don't like to be a student. But I am sure when I am 40, I will miss the life I had as a student. Which tense should I use? Should I use two just because I am still a student now? Or should I use one just because one day I won't be a student anymore. Do you see my point?
One: One day I will miss the time I had as a student.
Two: One day I will miss the time I have as a student.

Answer 1

One would be correct if your time as a student were already over, and you don't yet miss it.

Two doesn't mean what you want it to either--I read it to mean you will miss not the whole student lifestyle, but just the fact that as a student you have a lot of spare time. (Which in my opinion IS exactly what you will miss, but you probably don't know it yet and you didn't say in your note that that's what you mean.) There are two ways to fix this:

One day I will miss the life (or lifestyle) I have as a student.

or

One day I will miss the time I am having as a student.

"I am having" is often wrong, but here it emphasizes that you're talking about the kind of "time" you are having (having a good time, hard time, exciting time) as opposed to just having a lot of time on your hands.

Answer 2

Number two rings alarm bells in my mind...!! That doesn't necessarily make it wrong, but I have grave doubts about it...!

I say number one makes more sense - but if you REALLY wanted to refer to your student days in the present tense, I'd recommend saying "One day I'll miss these student days!" or "One day I'll see this student life as a golden time, instead of the hell on earth it really is!"
; )

Answer 3

Both are correct. The first one is more natural and has the meaning you want. The second one means almost the same thing but has more emphasis on the fact that you are now a student.

Answer 4

both are possible, but : 'One day I shall miss the times I had as a student." is far more natural.

you will be able to miss the time you are now enjoying only when you are forty years old. when you are forty years old today will be long in the past for you. so the main sentence goes into future tense, and the adjectival clause into the past tense (the 'times' are past viewed from the vantage point of your forty-year old self).

as i already mentioned:

'One day I shall miss the time I have as a student.'

is possible (it is not incorrect) but to have a present verb depending on a future verb means that you are thinking of yourself as you will be thinking of yourself as you are now thinking of yourself as you will be looking back on times which are not past but will be past when you look back on them from the future.

if you need to get all that meaning in, choose the second option. but the first option is almost certainly what you really mean.

Answer 5

lmfao... this dude ( Stephen ) above should rethink his answer. It's an English question, not a Stoner Philosophy question.
Fact is, like notsureifimshy said, the correct answer is Two.
(just say 'times' instead and you are good to go)

p.s.: garwy might want to ask Stephen for sum of that ganja, bro needs to just chill alil hehe

Answer 6

Good question...

I think the the first option is correct, as it refers to a time in the future making the current time of the past.

Answer 7

I would say use two because you're currently a student and you're saying "one day". I may be wrong, but that's what I choose.

Answer 8

I pick answer two because you should live in the moment and always try to better yourself through your education whether it be math science or art. The more you know in life the more opportunities you have to succeed.

Answer 9

I think two is correct

Answer 10

time is time time is not waiting for any one
ok time is air you are mad