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JungKim Posted 9 years ago
CGEL by Huddleston and Pullum says on page 171:
Also, I was wondering why human agency or intention would need to be involved to express future time with the progressive. Could someone articulate the reason for this?Finally, I'd like to know if you could use these other variations:
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The sun is setting at five tomorrow.
CGEL by Huddleston and Pullum says on page 171:8.3 Non-aspectual uses of the progressiveBy the last line, I think, they mean that the progressive futurate is restricted to cases where human agency or intention is involved. Right?
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(a) The progressive futurate
[21] i a. The sun sets at five tomorrow. b. #The sun is setting at five tomorrow.
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The progressive is restricted to cases where human agency or intention is involved -- hence the anomaly of examples like [ib].
Also, I was wondering why human agency or intention would need to be involved to express future time with the progressive. Could someone articulate the reason for this?Finally, I'd like to know if you could use these other variations:
c. The sun is going to set at five tomorrow.
d. The sun will set at five tomorrow.
e. The sun will be setting at five tomorrow.
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JungKim Non-aspectual uses of the progressive This is the key to understanding the passage. I believe they intended to write this: The progressive is restricted to cases where human agency or intention is involved. That's why they say that the following sentence is an anomaly : The sun is setting at five tomorrow.
- JungKim Non-aspectual uses of the progressive This is the key to understanding the passage.
- I believe they intended to write this: The progressive is restricted to cases where human agency or intention is involved.
- That's why they say that the following sentence is an anomaly : The sun is setting at five tomorrow.
- It seems to me that the anomaly has been given the special name "progressive futurate", which is one of the so-called non-aspectual uses of the progressive.
- ] JungKim I was wondering why human agency or intention would need to be involved to express future time with the progressive.
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JungKimNon-aspectual uses of the progressive
This is the key to understanding the passage.
I believe they intended to write this:
The progressive is restricted to cases where human agency or intention is involved.
That's why they say that the following sentence is an anomaly:
The sun is setting at
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