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Old 15-Sep-2006, 01:17
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Default Re: How would you define the future time?

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Originally Posted by MrPedantic
The simple present tense without context doesn't suggest present time.....
My reply: It is your vicious circle. You don't know how to define the present time, but will claim that Simple Present doesn't suggest the present time.

Simple Present doesn't suggest what you don't know. So, you don't know what it suggests.
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