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Shelby Killuminati Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
"This is the first time we are meeting"
According to this web-sitehttp://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/future_arrangements.php we can use present continous for future events, so is my sentence pointing out to a future event ?
According to this web-sitehttp://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/future_arrangements.php we can use present continous for future events, so is my sentence pointing out to a future event ?
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No, not really. This was the first time we had met. (past time) This is the first time we've met.
- No, not really.
- This was the first time we had met.
- (past time) This is the first time we've met.
- (present time) This will be the first time we meet/have met / are meeting /will meet.
- (future time) The first verb determines the time of the event, not the second.
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No, not really.
This was the first time we had met. (past time)
This is the first time we've met. (present time)
This will be the first time we meet/have met / are meeting /will meet. (future time)
The first verb determines the time of the event, not the second.
This was the first time we had met. (past time)
This is the first time we've met. (present time)
This will be the first time we meet/have met / are meeting /will meet. (future time)
The first verb determines the time of the event, not the second.
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