
05-Dec-2006, 04:05
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Re: overlap between the present and the future tenses If the phone rings and I say that I will answer it, the action is slightly ahead of my words, but I really mean to answer it now. Some might say that this isn't future, though other might argue that the fraction of a second between my words and my action makes it future. |