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Originally Posted by MrPedantic

I'll certainly try.
What context did you have in mind?

My reply: Context? You are again arguing against yourself.

If you had noticed the importance the context, you would not have claimed "without preamble":

Originally Posted by MrPedantic

If I approach a perfect stranger in the street and say, without preamble,
1. I go to work by train.
the perfect stranger may reasonably infer that the routine relates to the past, the present, and the expected future. The utterance does not focus on any particular time.

Tense is used to express time. If you now know the importance of the context, you will now be aware of the importance of the preamble.