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Ticce Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Two sentences with PRESENT SIMPLE
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The Simple present tense can be used to talk about future arrangements if a future time expression is also used, or it is understood from the context. (If there is no future time expression, people will usually understand the “habit” meaning.)
Compare:
Sandra starts work at 8:00. We understand that this is normal for Sandra
John starts work at 10:00 on Friday. We understand that this is a special situation for this Friday
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My question is: how do they come to the second conclusion, that is "We understand that this is a special situation for this Friday"? How come we understand that this is a special situation for this Friday?
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The Simple present tense can be used to talk about future arrangements if a future time expression is also used, or it is understood from the context. (If there is no future time expression, people will usually understand the “habit” meaning.)
Compare:
Sandra starts work at 8:00. We understand that this is normal for Sandra
John starts work at 10:00 on Friday. We understand that this is a special situation for this Friday
END OF QUOTE
My question is: how do they come to the second conclusion, that is "We understand that this is a special situation for this Friday"? How come we understand that this is a special situation for this Friday?
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Ticce My question is: how do they come to the second conclusion, that is "We understand that this is a special situation for this Friday"? How come we understand that this is a special situation for this Friday? I get it.
- Ticce My question is: how do they come to the second conclusion, that is "We understand that this is a special situation for this Friday"?
- How come we understand that this is a special situation for this Friday?
- I get it.
- Well, there are two things that can tell us that it is not a regular action.
- First if it is a regular action ' every ' before Friday is commonly used and I would think it is a regular action if it were Fridays .
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TicceMy question is: how do they come to the second conclusion, that is "We understand that this is a special situation for this Friday"? How come we understand that this is a special situation for this Friday?I get it.
Well, there are two things that can tell us that it is not a regular action.
First if it is a regular action 'every' befo
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TicceHow come we understand that this is a special situation for this Friday?The answer is in the first sentence of your quotation: The Simple present tense can be used to talk about future arrangements if a future time expression is also used.
on Friday is a future time expression. Therefore, it cancels the normal interpretation that
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CalifJimThe answer is in the first sentence of your quotation: The Simple present tense can be used to talk about future arrangements if a future time expression is also used.Yes, it is very clear. Thank you, CJ.
CJ,is my reasoning OK?
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vsureshCJ,is my reasoning OK?Yes, because neither "Fridays" nor "every Friday" is 'a future time expression' in the sense we must understand it in the quoted rule.
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