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Old 01-Jul-2007, 12:27
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Default Re: hi

That depends on how tense is defined. Everyone has an opinion on the matter, and there doesn't seem to be a consensus yet. (See one poll here).

You wouldn't be wrong, though, if you said that there are only two tenses in English, past and non-past.

As for the kinds of verbs there are, there's a verb list here: Verb Tense Chart
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