Conversation started Jul 31, 2015 at 2:48.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Jul 31, 2015 02:48
Wait until you read the entirety of my IGEL. :P
> Dear my poor, confused, frustrated English learning fellows. I have good news for you. English has not 36 tenses, or 24, not even 12, or 3. English actually has only two tenses. Two! The two tenses are the Plain tense and the Remote tense.
And the incomprehensibility ensues. :D
It's tempting to call the two tenses the Here tense and the There tense, even. :P
Anonymous
Here and there are proximal and distal!
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Jul 31, 2015 03:13
> Some of you may wonder, where is my present continuous? What's happened to the mysterious prefect tenses? Well, don't worry, my dear reader. I've provided a simple solution for all of us. Progressive? Continuous? Perfect? Aren't they just names? And do they give you clues on what they really are? Again, no! They just tell us about the aspect of the event we're speaking of. So, why don't we simplify their names? Let's call them with what they really are!

Besides the plain aspect, English has three aspects: the Happening aspect, the Have-Happened aspect, and the Have-Been-Happening aspect.
It's getting more and more incomprehensible! :P
 
Conversation ended Jul 31, 2015 at 3:13.