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Originally Posted by khush  Dear Teachers
How is tense defined? If there is no future tense in english then give me the reasons in detail and obviously with examples please.
Khursheed Ahmad Khan |
This is a matter of definition. Some say that English has no future tense because English doesn't have an inflected verb form for future. Others say the inflection is a minor matter and the English creates a future tense with "will" or "shall" instead of inflection. IMO, English has a future tense.
For me, a tense is
construction that is related to time. In English, each of the tenses can be used for a time other than that indicated by its name.
We can, for example, indicate future time with the future tense or the present tense:
The train is leaving very soon.
The train will leave very soon.
The train leaves very soon.