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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Linguistics Studies

the kinds of tenses

0P/S tell me what are the future perfect continous tense and the past perfect continuous tense.02br
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00Also, do you need the "to" in the following sentence? If you do need it, then please tell me why we don't usually see it being included in spoken English?02br
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00 Give (to ???) me the message.02br
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01-- 01i 00 Next July, I01b 00 will have been living02b 00 in Japan for 15 years. 02br 02br 002-- No 01b 01i 00to02i 02b 00: it is wrong there. 0-

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  • 01-- 01i 00 Next July, I01b 00 will have been living02b 00 in Japan for 15 years.
  • 02br 02br 002-- No 01b 01i 00to02i 02b 00: it is wrong there.
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01-- 01i00 Next July, I01b00 will have been living02b00 in Japan for 15 years. I 01b00had been living 02b00in Los Angeles for several years when I met my future wife02i00.02br
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002-- No 01b01i00to02i02b00: it is wrong there. It can be used when the sentence is reph
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0Thank you.02br
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00In regard to No. 1, the two tenses, what would you say are the semantical ramifications of the tenses in practical English usage?02br
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00For example, the present perfect tense and past perfect tense are being used because they ?? have some relevance to the present.02br
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00How about the present and past per
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0 The semantics of the tenses often depends on which specific verb is involved, but in general, the continuous tenses (where permitted) imply activity over a period of time or the repetition of an act over a period of time. They are generally more descriptive of a situation than the corresponding non-continuous tenses.02br
00 The perfect tenses often imply a relevance to the pr
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BelieverIn regard to No.2, I can almost swear that I have heard some English professionals saying that there is an implicit word "to" there and whenever you hear the sentences without it, just remember it is to be included for a sentence to be a correct sentence.
While I recognize that some people will make this claim, I contend that it is counter prod
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i will have been living in japan since 15 year. (here in this sentence the word ' living ' tells still living ).future perfecti had been living in Los Angeles years since several (past perfect)
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