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Hong Kong Chinese
Guest
As far as I can remember, the certainty of probability of tenses as follows:
1. present tense
2. present continuous tense (or auxiliary plus going)
3. The last one, future tense
But at Sheung Shui Railway station, a station before the border station, I have spotted on a Electronic billboard advises passengers: The last train for Lo Wu boundary crossing will depart here at 11:41pm.
Is “will depart” the correct use of tenses? Should they use simple present tense for the verb ‘depart’ instead because the train leaves at that station at that time daily as schedule?
If “will depart” is used, may one suspect the punctuality of the train services?
1. present tense
2. present continuous tense (or auxiliary plus going)
3. The last one, future tense
But at Sheung Shui Railway station, a station before the border station, I have spotted on a Electronic billboard advises passengers: The last train for Lo Wu boundary crossing will depart here at 11:41pm.
Is “will depart” the correct use of tenses? Should they use simple present tense for the verb ‘depart’ instead because the train leaves at that station at that time daily as schedule?
If “will depart” is used, may one suspect the punctuality of the train services?