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Relates
to time
Has to do
with the
internal
structure of
the actionoccurring at
any time
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SIMPLE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
PERFECT
PROGRESSIVE
have + -en be + -ing have + -en be + -ing
PRESENT
write/writes has/have written am/is/are writing has/have been writing
walk/walks has/have walked am/is/are walking has/have been walking
PAST
wrote had written was/were writing had been writing
walked had walked was/were walking had been walking
FUTURE
will write will have written will be writing will have been writing
will walk will have walked will be walking will have been walking
T
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n
s
e
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Aspects
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Hirtle (1967) explains that
simple aspect refers to events
that are conceptualized ascomplete wholes.
The events are not presented as
allowing for further development.
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This aspect stands in contrast toprogressive aspect, which is
incomplete or imperfective.
Simple Present: Susan and Carl live
in Newark.
Present Progressive: Susan and Carl are
living in Newark.
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conveys immediate factuality(Lewis 1986)
a. Habitual actions in the present:I commuteto UP every day.
b. General timeless truths, such
as physical laws or customs:The sun risesin the East.
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c. With beand other stative verbs
to indicate states:
There isa large house in the
corner.
or even in the inception of
states:
Now, I understand.
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d. In the subordinate clauses of
time or condition when the
main clause contains a future-time verb:
If Dianpassesthe LET, shell
become a licensed teacher.
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e. Expresses future (when a
scheduled event is involved,
usually with a future-timeadverbial):
She hasa meeting this
afternoon.
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f. Present event/ action (usually
in sporting events or
demonstrations/ procedures ofsome sort):
Now I addthree eggs to the
mixture.
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g. Present speech acts (where theaction is accomplished in the
speaking of it):
I secondthe motion.
h. Conversational historical
present (used to refer to certain
past events in narration):So he stands up in the boat
and waves his arms to catch
our attention.
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also states facts. What the coremeaning of the past tense adds is
a sense of remoteness (Knowles
1979).
a. A definite single completed
event/action in the past:
Cara graduated from theCollege of Education last
year.
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b. Habitual or repeated action/event in the past:
It rained almost every day
last June.
c. An event with duration that
applied in the past with the
implication that it no longerapplies in the present:
George lived in Manila for
two years.
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d. With states in the past:Cheddar owed me a lot of
money.
e. Imaginative conditional in the
subordinate clause (referring to
present time):
If Benj regularly attendedclass, he wouldnt have
dropped the course.
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f. Social distancing:
Did you want to sit and talk
awhile?
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a. An action to take place at
some definite future time:
Val will graduate with the
degree BSE English in three
years.
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b. A future habitual action or
state:
After today, we will meet at
room PH 116 every Tuesday
and Friday.
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c. A situation that may obtain in the
present and will obtain in the
future but with some future
termination in sight (notice hereit is not the willthat suggests the
limitation on the event, but the
subordinate clause):
Eli will live in France until
she improves her French.
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d. In the main (result) clause of
future conditionals:
If you go, youllbesorry.
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The core meaning of the perfectis prior, and it is used in
relation to some other point in
time.
It also offers a retrospective
point of view on some past time
or future time.
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a. A situation that began at a priorpoint in time and continues in to
the present:
Fil has been a tutor since
2000.
b. An action occurring or not
occurring at an unspecified priortime that has current relevance:
I havealready seenthat movie.
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c. A very recently completed action(often with just):
Vangie has just married.
d. An action that occurred over a
prior time period and that is
completed at the moment of
speaking:The value of the peso has
droppedtremendously in the
last two years.
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e. With verbs in subordinate
clauses of time or condition:
May wont be satisfied until
she has finished her thesis.
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a. An action completed in the pastprior to some other past event or
time:
Carla hadalready leftbefore
Val could offer her a ride.
b. Imaginative conditional in the
subordinate clause (referring topast time):
If Benj had studied harder, he
would have passed the exam.
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a. A future action that will be
completed prior to a specific
future time:
Zanne will have finished all
this word processing by 5pm.
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b. A state of accomplishment that
will be completed in the future
prior to some other future time or
event:
After this semester, Prof.
Orillos will have taught for 20years.
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It portrays an event in a
way that allows for it tobe incomplete, or
somehow limited.
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a. Activity in progress:We are having a class right now.
b. Extended present (action willend and therefore lacks the
permanence of the simple
present tense):Lei is studying Language Teachingat the University of the
Philippines.
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c. A temporary situation:
Mina is living with her parents.
d. Repetition or iteration in a series of
similar ongoing actions:Leila isbusy encodingdocuments
in her room.
e. Expresses future (when event is
planned; usually with a future-time
adverbial):
Somebody is coming tomorrow.
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f. Emotional comment on present habit
(usually co-occurring with frequency
adverbs alwaysor forever):
He is always comingto school ontime. (approving)
Somebody isconsistently ruining
my day. (disapproving)
g. A change in progress:She is becoming more and more
like her mother.
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a. An action in progress at a specificpoint in time in the past:
Margarita was walking to school
at 8:30 this morning.
b. Past action simultaneous with some
other event that is usually started in
the simple past:
Bernice was sleeping when
somebody knocked at the door.
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c. Repetition or iteration of someongoing past action:
Gerbie was whining all day long.
d. Social distancing (which comes from
the past tense and the tentativeness
of the progressive aspect):
I was hoping you could kiss me
goodnight.
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a. An action that will be in progress ata specific time in the future:
Alla will be taking a test at 8am
tomorrow.
b. Duration of some specific future
action:
Florene will be working on her
thesis for the next three years.
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This aspect combines the
sense of prior of theperfect with the meaning of
incompleteness inherent
in the progressive aspect.
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a. A situation or habit that began in the
past (recent or distant) and that
continues up to the present:
Noel has been going out with Eli.
b. An action in progress that is not yet
completed:
Kathy has been readingthat book.
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c. A state that changes over time:
The students have been getting
better and better.
d. An evaluative comment on
something observed over time
triggered by current evidence:
Benj, youve been drinkingagain!
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a. An action or habit taking place
over a period of time in the past
prior to some other past event or
time:
Diana had been working hard,
so her doctor told her to take a
vacation.
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b. A past action in progress that
was interrupted by a more
recent past action:
My friends had been planning
to visit Cebu, but changed
their minds after receiving a
brochure on Boracay.
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c. An ongoing past action or state
that becomes satisfied by some
other event:
I had been wanting to leave for
Cambridge, so I was pleased
when I got the scholarship.
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Durative or habitual action that
is taking place in the present and
that will continue into the future
up until or through a specificfuture time:
On Christmas Eve we will have
been living in the same house
for 20 years.
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Verbs can be divided into four categories
based on their inherent lexical aspect
Vendler 1967).
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Activity Accomplishment Achievement State
Run
WalkSwim
Live
Study
Paint (a picture)
Make (a chair)Build (a house)
Write (a novel)
Grow up
Recognize (something)
Realize (something)Lose (something)
Find (something)
Win the race
Have
ContainSeem
Want
Like
Activities,
accomplishments, and
achievements all involve
changes of state.
Activity verbs are durative and
describe an ongoing action.
They each have an undefined
beginning and end point.
Accomplishment verbs, on the other hand, sharewith activity verbs their duration but each has a
well-defined end point, when the particular action
described in the verb-phrase isor is not
completed.
Achievement verbs also each have a
well-defined end point: however,
they have no duration. They are
punctual.
Stative verbs do notinvolve change. They
depict a stable situation
that is assumed to last
more or less indefinitely.
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The simple tenses can
express either specific orgeneral facts, events,
habits, and states.
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Activity verbs are not ascommonly used with perfect
aspect as some of the other
categories of verbs.
When they are used with
perfect aspect, they describe a
prior experience or activity:
I have run before.
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Accomplishmentand
achievementverbsgo easily
with perfect aspect and signal
prior events that arecompleted:
John Updike has writtenmany novels.
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Stative verbs with perfect
aspect signal a state that may
or may not have ended at thetime of speech:
I have owned a Toyota before1996.
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Activity verbs readily take the
progressive, which reinforces
the fact that the action hasduration:
Meg is washing her car.
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Accomplishment verbs also
take the progressive, but in this
case the progressive focuses
on progress toward a particularend that has not yet been
completed:
The contractors are building
the hospital.
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With achievement verbs,because they are punctual, the
progressive gives the meaning
of iteration:He is nodding his head in
agreement.
or inception of an event:Val is realizinghis mistake.
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Alternatively, by stretching out
the moment, the speaker can
place emphasis on the action
associated with the
achievement:
The plane is landing right on
schedule.
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Stative verbs do not normally
take the progressive because
of a fundamental semantic
conflict between grammatical
aspect that denotes a limited
duration and a lexical aspect
that expresses a stable state.
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However, the progressive can
occur with stative verbs to
achieve certain effects.
*I am knowing the answer.
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a. Intensify the emotion
expressed by the verb:
Im hating this assignment.
I hate this assignment.
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b. Indicate current behavior as
opposed to general description:
Hes being rude.
Hes rude.
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d. Show limited duration:
Are you understanding this?
e. Emphasize conscious
involvement:
What we are seeing is a red
dwarf star.
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f. Show vividness:
One night in the middle of
the night, Im hearing
dripping.
g. Express politeness:
Are you liking it?
(cf. Do you like it?)
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h. Mitigate criticism:
I like the first piano notes,
but Im not liking it where the
strings come in.(cf. but I do like it
i. Avoid imposition:
I was just wanting to inviteyou to a gathering
(answering machine message)
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With activity verbs, perfect
progressive aspect implies that
the action began in the past
and has duration at the present
time:Mike has been running for
two hours.
Or is iterative and/or habitual:
Mike has been running for
years.
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With accomplishment verbs,
the perfect progressive
indicates that the action hasbeen going on for some time
and is not yet complete:
They have been repairingthat bridge for months.
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With achievement verbs, the
perfect progressive aspect is a
bit strange if only one action is
intended, due to the fact thatachievement verbs are
punctual:
?Mike has been winning
that race for hours.
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But not if the achievement is
iterative:
Mike has been winning that
race for years.
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With stative verbs, perfect
progressive aspect often
appears to be more compatible
than progressive aspect alone:
?I am wanting to see you.
I have been wanting to see
you.
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The present is used for limited
action in progress, white the simple
present is more compatible withstates.
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This distinction is manifest in the
following ways:
a. Action happening at the moment
of speaking versus a habit:
Why are you wearing glasses?
Why do you wear glasses?moment of speechi.e., right now
habitual
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b. Temporary event versus
permanent situation:
Daisy is living with herparents.
Daisy lives with her parents.
temporaryuntil she gets a better
job
permanentbecause it costs her
too much to live alone
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c. Specific event versus general
situation:
What are you doing forChristmas?
What do you do for Christmas?
one specific holidaythe
forthcoming one
the holiday each year
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d. Activity versus state:
I am thinking about the
answer.
I think it is 144.
mental activity
mental state/report
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The present perfect progressive
emphasizes activity as compared
with achievement with the presentperfect.
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The following distinctions may occur:
a. Specific and possible still ongoing
activity versus prior event:I have been visiting my great-
grandmother.
I have visited my great-grandmother.
possibly still ongoing
prior event
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b. Strong implication of continuation
versus continuation being only a
possibility:
I have been teaching for 25 years.
I have taught for 25 years.
and I cant imagine doing anything
else.
so now its time to think about
doing something else.
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c. Single accomplishment, incomplete,
versus a completed one:
Kristian has been remodeling hishome.
Kristian has remodeled his home.
incomplete
complete
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We might say that the use of the
present perfect has more to do with
our present perspective on the eventrather than on the actual time at
which it took place.
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Ways to determine whether to use
present perfect or the simple past
tense:
a. The simple past often occurs with
specific past-time adverbials. The
use of specific past-time adverbials
makes the past tense obligatory.I went to the Main Library
yesterday.
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b. Even if the past-time adverbial
isnt explicit, the remoteness
may be defined elsewhere in thecontext or simply implied:
John Lennon was a creative
genius.
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c. The past tense is used for a
completed historical period versus
an incomplete one:
My father lived here all his life.
My father has lived here all hislife.
completeimplies the father has
left or is dead
incompletethe father still lives
here
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d. The present perfect is used for an
indefinite versus a definite query:
Have you ever gone to PuertoGalera?
Did you go to Puerto Galera?
You said that you traveled to theSouth last summer
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e. The function of the present perfect
is to change the nature of the
relationship between the subject
and predicateit emphasizes thepredicated events result on the
grammatical subject (Knowles,
1976):
Ive been to Japan twice already,
but I still dont speak much
Japanese.
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a. The past progressive indicates
incomplete versus complete
action:He was drowning in the lake,
so the lifeguard raced into the
water.
He drowned in the lake.incomplete
complete
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b. Simple past sees the event as a
totality with no room for change;
past progressive indicates that an
event has already begun andextends the event in time and thus
allows for a change or its
interruption:
He left when I came in.He was leaving when I came in.
so he may have changed his mind
and stayed.
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c. Permanent versus temporary
state:
They lived in Quezon City all
their lives.
They were living in Quezon
City during the 70s.
past permanent
past temporary
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a. The past perfect is used to markthe completion of some event
before a past time period:
By the end of the 1920s, women
in the US had won the right tovote.
Or before another past event that is
in simple past:
FPJ had blamed them for theproblem before he considered the
evidence.
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Even without a time adverbial,the simple past tense can be
used with both clauses if the
sequence of the clauses follows
the sequence of events:
George worked in an
insurance company for 20years and retired in 2000.
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Only when the clauses reporttwo events out of sequence and
there are no time adverbials
that indicate the actual order is
the past perfect necessary:
When Ronald became a
photographer, he had finishedhis degree in fine arts.
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b. Sometimes the past perfectappears to mark the later rather
than the earlier of the two
events in a two-clause
sequence:
I answered before she had
asked.
She collected it before I had
finished.
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a. Simple future with will is used
for the following:
Future
predictions
Lorenzo will be 60 next
year.
Spontaneous
decision when
the person has
control over the
action:
Ill get the phone.
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b. Be going to is used for the
following:
Future
predictions
Lorenzos going to be 60
next year.
Future
intentions
Eli and Noel are going to
get married in June.
Future
certainty
Vangiesgoing to have a
baby.
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c. Present progressive is used for
the following:
Future plans
that have
already been
made
Im marching in the
parade next week.
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d. Simple present is used for the
following:
Fixed schedule
events
We get paid next Friday.
Subordinate
clauses of time
or condition
If the train arrives on
time well beat rush hour
getting home.
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The distinction between future
scheduled events and future
plans is sometimesindiscernible, and the same
event can be referred to either
waysimple present or
present progressive. However,
the simple present is more
formal and impersonable.
Zanne arrives today.
Zanne is arriving today.
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The present progressive is very
common and sometimes
overlaps with be going to. Thepresent progressive, however,
emphasizes that arrangements
have already been made,
whereas be going to focuses
more on the speakers plans or
intentions.
Im staying at the Manila Hotel.
Im going to stay at the Manila
Hotel.
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Willand be going to are
sometimes interchangeablewhen be going to expresses
the speakers certainty and
will is used to make a strong
prediction.
Cara is going to be tall like herdad.
?Cara will be tall like her dad.
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Willis used for quick, on-the-spot decisions, whereas be
going tois used with more
premeditated ones:
Ill get her that novel.
?Im going to get her that novel.
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The future progressive allows for the
possibility of change with regard to
some future event:
Well go to Baguio on ourvacation.
Well be going to Baguio on ourvacation.
definite plan
less definite in that it allows for a
change in plans
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We will offer that class next
semester.
We will be offering that class
next semester.
more definite
more tentative in that it allows for
a change
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The future perfect marks an
event/activity that is complete prior to
some other time (in this case, future), or
complete prior to some future event:
By the year 2008, the information
superhighway will have become
accessible to all.
Ronald will have moved by the time
he completes his studies.
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Simple future alone suggests that the
event/activity begins with the time
mentioned:
The information superhighway will
become accessible to all by the year
2008.
Ronald will move when he
completes his studies.
Structure of EnglishProf Alice M Karaan
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Prof. Alice M. Karaan
The Grammar BookMarianne Celce-Murcia
Diane Larsen-Freeman
Chapter 7
The Tense and Aspect System
REPORTED BY:
Zanne Dela Hostria