Future or present?

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01cite10Spocik12cite10I have some problems with classifying this clause to future or present time. Please help me. This clause: I'm eating at the cafeteria with Cindy. Do you want to join us? |in the future| or |now|?12blockquote

10I'm eating at the cafeteria with Cindy. 01font00Do00

0You have to add an adverbial modifier of time to the sentense in order to speak about the future (to be more clear).02br
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00I'm having launch with Cindy at 2 p.m. Would you like to join us?02br
00He's coming tomorrow evening.0-

0 «Do you want to jouin us?»02br
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00Although the possible (he can both accept and reject the proposal) action of joining is located in the future, questioned is the desire to join, which is in the present.02br
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00«Do you want to join us now?»02br
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00«I want to buy a loudspeaker now. So, I guess, I'll buy one next month.» 0

0 We can't change the context to justify the statement we want to make. The question was based on the context as written. When you add adverbial phrases, you change the question. The key words are " I am eating in a restaurant with Cindy", which is saying [now]. 0-

0It can be future too, though, in answer to a question like "What are you doing for lunch?" - Here the context is clear that lunch is still in the future - maybe only five minutes in the future, but you are still not engaged in the process already. 0-

0 I just want to sjow the difference between the desire to join and the action of joining. The former is in present and the latter's in future.02br
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00So, the sentence's tense is present because it asks about a present desire, not a future action.02br
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00I didn't change the context, I just cited some examples... 0-

0 Yeah, seems I didn't get the question right...02br
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00Let's consider the following modification:02br
00«Tonight I'm eating at the cafeteria with Cindy. Do you want to join us?»02br
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00So, the action of having dinner in the cafeteria is in the future.02br
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00But in the original sentence it can be both present or

0Hi Ant22,02br
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00When we add the time related phrases, we are changing the tense. If we say "we are having breakfast with Cindy this morning", then [this morning] infers to the future. 00 00The verb in the main sentence dictates the tense.00 02br
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00If we change the sentence to “ we had breakfast this morning with Cindy” then the follo

0 Okay, I get it.02br
00Thank you all for helpful replies! 0-

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01cite10Spocik12cite10I have some problems with classifying this clause to future or present time. Please help me. This clause: 12br
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10 I'm eating at the cafeteria with Cindy. Do you want to join us? 12br
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