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If any man hurts my daughter, I will hurt him as much as he has hurt her

Could it be past simple as at the time of writing the hurting if there was one, it would be finished and hopefully would not happen again . But what bother me is that all verbs in this sentence relate to present or future so may be present perfect is a better choice

If any man hurts my daughter, I will hurt him as much as he hurt her

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Your own suggestion sounds good to me:

If any man hurts my daughter, I will hurt him as much as he hurt her.

It seems grammatically correct, and flows well.

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    Aug 10, 2019 at 13:26
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    Aug 11, 2019 at 16:17

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