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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Tenses

How many tenses are there in english?
8 or 12
Most of the expert trainers in english tell that there are only 8.
If so,what are thay?
  

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It all depends on who is talking. Some strict grammarians claim that there are only two "true" tenses. htm

  • It all depends on who is talking.
  • Some strict grammarians claim that there are only two "true" tenses.
  • htm
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It all depends on who is talking.
Some strict grammarians claim that there are only two "true" tenses.

In this long discussion, the number varies from 2 to 32:
http://www.EnglishForward.com/English/HowTensesEnglishLanguage/vcwgk/post.htm

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