You're the greatest avoider. I am afraid I can never get the definition of the present time from you. :lol:
First of all, let us get this clear. It is not the Present Time we discuss in grammar, but the Present Tense. Tenses of verbs. If you use the present tense of a verb, e.g study, it is used in many contexts - not just in the present time. Let us see the follwoing examples:
- My sister studies in that school.
- My uncles comes tomorrow.
In the first sentence, my sister is studying in that school not just at this moment, but the whole day, whole week , whole year. It is a regular activity.
In the second sentence, my uncle will come the next day. Here the verb 'come' is followed by tomorrow (which is definitely the future time) to make it a future activity.
So, you see, the present form of the verb 'study' is used in many contexts, to express different time of actions.
To clarify your doubt, let me explain it further.
When you say
present time, it can have many divisions or categories.
- Aeons
- Eras
- Centuries
- Decades
- Years
- Months
- Weeks
- Days
- Minutes
- Seconds
- Milliseconds
can you get more such divisions?
So, in each of these divisions, you can have the Past time, Present time, and Future time.
For example, Last year, This year, Next year
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
So, what is past time, present time, and future time according to this? isn't it very philosophical?
So , when you talk of present time, first decide to which division of time it belongs. is it a year, month, week, day, minute, second or millisecond.
By the way, what was the situation that prompted you to find out the definition of present time? could you give the context, please?