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How many tenses are there in English?
How many tenses are there in English?
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am/is/are going to + infinitive Sometimes, the Conditionals are also said to be tenses, but those are just modi of an actual tense, no tenses themselves.
- am/is/are going to + infinitive Sometimes, the Conditionals are also said to be tenses, but those are just modi of an actual tense, no tenses themselves.
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As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses:
a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle
b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle
c) Past Progressive ...................................was/were + present participle
d) Simple Past ..........................................past tense form
a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle
b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle
c) Past Progressive ...................................was/were + present participle
d) Simple Past ..........................................past tense form
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good answer pemmican regarding the conditionals... the same can be said for the all but (sadly) extinct subjunctive in english (which is present tense, except for "were", the past subjunctive of "to be")
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The number of English tenses depends on how one defines "tense".
If one defines it as morphemes of verbs, English has only two tenses: past and present.
paco
If one defines it as morphemes of verbs, English has only two tenses: past and present.
paco
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Hi Pemmican ;-)
You could add:
m') Going-to-Future in the past ....................... was/were going to + infinitive
m) Going-to-Future ...................................... am/is/are going to + infinitive
m'') Going-to-Future in the future .................... will be going to + infinitive
We may add:
n)Habituality in the past ...............................us
You could add:
m') Going-to-Future in the past ....................... was/were going to + infinitive
m) Going-to-Future ...................................... am/is/are going to + infinitive
m'') Going-to-Future in the future .................... will be going to + infinitive
We may add:
n)Habituality in the past ...............................us
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QUOTE: we not necessarily have to...
We do not necessarily have to...
(No idea why, but that's how we would say it!)
We do not necessarily have to...
(No idea why, but that's how we would say it!)
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Thank you Very Much, Eimai_Anglos. Writing this sentence, I wasn't sure at all about its correctness :), so I'm really glad to get your kind help!
Very cheery day or evening to you ;-)
Very cheery day or evening to you ;-)
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Hello Viognier
paco
viognierDealing with some grammatical category of verb, we not necessarily have to confine "morphological (=grammaticalized) forms in "inflectional" one, I think.I'm sorry but I couldn't get well what you are saying. Could you explain it in a more detailed way?
paco
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Hi paco. I would be pleased to explain to you what I wrote.
It is entirely based on Mel'cuk ( 1994)'s theory, though.
I find it rather complicated, so can I ask you some question about your view first?
You wrote:
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If one defines it as morphemes of verbs, English has only two tenses: past and prese
It is entirely based on Mel'cuk ( 1994)'s theory, though.
I find it rather complicated, so can I ask you some question about your view first?
You wrote:
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If one defines it as morphemes of verbs, English has only two tenses: past and prese
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Hello Viognier
First of all, please understand I am not a linguistic expert. So I have no intention to contest with you about this kind of professional subject.
As you also know, there are many opinions about the concept of "tense" among experts. Some experts take the term "tenses" as grammatical categories expressed by verbal morphemes. But other experts think English tenses ar
First of all, please understand I am not a linguistic expert. So I have no intention to contest with you about this kind of professional subject.
As you also know, there are many opinions about the concept of "tense" among experts. Some experts take the term "tenses" as grammatical categories expressed by verbal morphemes. But other experts think English tenses ar
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Hi paco
First of all, from your previous posts I reckon you as a linguistic expert. I was just interested in your view. And second, I'm not a linguistic expert.
I was into Mel'cuk's theory .. kind of..
It's a consistent system of terms, clearly defined by meta-language (according to the author).
I made a comment above, just out of curiosity, interest; plus I wanted to make m
First of all, from your previous posts I reckon you as a linguistic expert. I was just interested in your view. And second, I'm not a linguistic expert.
I was into Mel'cuk's theory .. kind of..
It's a consistent system of terms, clearly defined by meta-language (according to the author).
I made a comment above, just out of curiosity, interest; plus I wanted to make m
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