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It is somewhere between C and D. Because the gentlemen took this girl to the dance, he has an expectation/arrangement whereby he will take her home after the dance. This event will happen in the limited future. It is understood that the "taking home" will occur when the dance/evening is over.
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1. Why don't the sentence "don't forget who's taking your home" include a word/phrase with limited future meaning??
e.g. I am going to the dentist at 9 a.m
e.g. Michael is buying a new car next Tuesday. |
In the dance scenario, the context makes it unnecessary. If the man and the woman were sitiing in the car, he would be taking her home as he spoke. As it is, they are still at the dance. The timing adverb "after the dance" is understood in that case.
The same would be true in your other examples if you change the context.
John is sitiing in his office complaining about a toothache. His coworker says. "Complaining will not help. You need to see a dentist." John says "I am going to the dentist". The context suggests that he means "soon", "today", etc.
A: Why is Michael asking so many questions about mileage statistics in new cars.
B: Michael is buying a car (soon, in the near future).
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2. what is limited future meaning means, Isn't it mean the specific time which is written in the sentence??
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These time references can be implied by context.