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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Would these tenses be right?

0 I'm going home now - 01u00present progressive? (action in progress.)02u02br
00I'll see you tomorrow - 01u00future 02u00progressive? (Events in progress at a future time.)02br
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01b00Thank you. 02b0-
  

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0 It seems that you think the tenses are named according to their meaning. This is not really so - not exactly. They are named for their form.

— CalifJim

  • 0 It seems that you think the tenses are named according to their meaning.
  • This is not really so - not exactly.
  • They are named for their form.
  • 02br 01i 00I'll see you tomorrow02i 00 has no 01i 00-ing02i 00 word.
  • It can't be progressive.
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0 It seems that you think the tenses are named according to their meaning. This is not really so - not exactly. They are named for their form. You must have an 01i00-ing02i00 ending somewhere to have a progressive tense.02br
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00 The first one (present progressive) is correct - that one has the 01i00-ing02i00 word 01
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0 it's future progressive then?02br
00Thanks CJ!0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00it's future progressive then?02font00 No.02br
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01b00I will see you tomorrow02b00 is Simple Future.02br
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01font01b00I will be seeing you tomorrow02b00 is Future Continuous/Progressive.02font0
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0 Thanks very much Clive.0-
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