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Anonymous h H ow m a ny tense s are there in e E nglish ? That depends whether you count progressive and perfect aspect forms as tenses. I am among those who consider that English has only two tenses, the Default (Unmarked/Present Simple) and the Distancing (Marked, Past-Marked, Past Simple).
- Anonymous h H ow m a ny tense s are there in e E nglish ?
- That depends whether you count progressive and perfect aspect forms as tenses.
- I am among those who consider that English has only two tenses, the Default (Unmarked/Present Simple) and the Distancing (Marked, Past-Marked, Past Simple).
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AnonymousThat depends whether you count progressive and perfect aspect forms as tenses.hHow many tenses are there ineEnglish?
I am among those who consider that English has only two tenses, the Default (Unmarked/Present Simple) and the Distancing (Marked, Past-Marked, Past Simple).
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Anonymous how mny tense in englishDepending how you define "tense", two or thirty-two or more.
There is an enormous thread on this topic. Here is my contribution to that thread:
At least one contributor there claims that more than three tenses "is too complicated", so we shouldn't consider more than three a correct answer to the question.
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