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NanakiXIII Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
What is a tense?
What is a tense exactly and what tenses are there? Of course past tense and the likes are tenses, but what about past simple? Is that a tense?
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A tense is a category of the verb or verbal inflections, such as present , past , and future , that expresses the temporal relations between what is reported in a sentence and the time of its utterance. You say you understand what " past tense " is but you wonder what " past simple " means. It's a tense as well.
- A tense is a category of the verb or verbal inflections, such as present , past , and future , that expresses the temporal relations between what is reported in a sentence and the time of its utterance.
- You say you understand what " past tense " is but you wonder what " past simple " means.
- It's a tense as well.
- The Past Tense , for instance, has: Past simple - I went to the movies yesterday Past progressive - She was watching TV when the phone rang Past perfect - He had just finished high-school when his parents passed away Hope this helps!
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A tense is a category of the verb or verbal inflections, such as present, past, and future, that expresses the temporal relations between what is reported in a sentence and the time of its utterance.
You say you understand what "past tense" is but you wonder what "past simple" means. It's a tense as well.
The Past Tense, for in
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