How would you say: "after he has paid", "after he had paid" or..?

Question

..."after he have paid"?

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Thanks all!
Is it just a coincidence that all of you have used a restaurant as an example? :_)

Answer 1

It's after he has paid. Get your words right

Answer 2

"After he has paid" is present perfect. In this context it refers to the future: "After he has paid, he will leave the restaurant." It could also be used to refer to a general rule "He must not leave the restaurant until after he has paid."

"After he had paid" is past perfect. It would be used in one of two contexts:
1. An event occuring before another event in the past: "After he had paid, he left the restaurant." (He paid before he left.)
2. In reported past speech "He said he would leave after he had paid."
In both of these contexts, the past simple ("After he paid") could also be used without changing the meaning. This would sound more conversational.

Answer 3

It really depends on your sentence.

You can't ever say "after he have paid," so that's easy!

"After he had paid for the items, he had to wait two weeks for delivery." This is called the past perfect tense, and a lot of native speakers simply do not use it and would say "After he paid for the items, he had to wait two weeks for delivery." At any rate, the other part of your sentence has to be in the past tense. This usage refers to something that really happened in the past.

"After he has paid for the items, he will have to wait two weeks for delivery." The second part of your sentence is in the future tense. This usage refers to something that has not happened yet.

Answer 4

This will depend of the grammatical tense of the sentence.

"We can leave the restaurant after he pays the bill." (Future Tense)
"We are leaving the restaurant now that he has paid the bill." (Present Tense)
"We left the restaurant after he paid the bill." (Past Tense)

You could also say "We decided we would leave the restaurant after he had paid the bill."

Here are two good sources of tenses:
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/tenses.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_tense

Answer 5

You would say after he has paid...for something. Example: After he has paid for the candy he is going to the beach.

Answer 6

"after he has paid" generally refers to something that has not yet happened, but will happen. "He will leave the restaurant after he has paid his bill."

"after he had paid" refers to an action in the past. "He left the restaurant after he had paid his bill."

"after he have paid" is incorrect tense. "Have" would refer to a plural actor - "after they have paid" would be a correct usage.

Answer 7

after he paid
or after he has paid
depending on the situation
After he paid the bill he immediately left the restaurant.
He will leave after he has paid the bill.

Answer 8

After payment had been made or after payment was made.

Debbie