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The grammar of the english verb phrase part 50

Tham khảo tài liệu 'the grammar of the english verb phrase part 50', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 336 7. Absolute tense forms referring to the post-present Abstract In the preceding four chapters we dealt with the meanings and uses of three absolute tenses tenses that relate a situation time directly to the temporal zero-point viz. the present tense the past tense or preterite and the present perfect and with some principles underlying the choice between the preterite and the present perfect. In this chapter we examine the fourth absolute tense viz. the future tense. We also consider other verb forms that have an element of future time reference as part of their semantics. In section I 7.1 7.6 we first deal with the distinction between future tense forms and what we call futurish forms the latter of which do not express pure future and combine future time reference with present time reference. Section II 7.7 7.12 provides some comments on be going to which wavers between a futurish auxiliary and a future tense auxiliary depending on whether it expresses the idea that a future situation is predictable because of present indications e. g. My little girl is going to be very clever or whether it is a more neutral means of referring to the future e. g. It s going to rain tomorrow . This section also deals among other things with the use of be going to to express a present intention e. g. Cheryl is going to marry Gordon when she has graduated . Section III discusses some further futurish forms including among others will be Verb-ing used without progressive meaning the auxiliary be about to and the auxiliary be to. I. Future tense forms vs futurish forms 337 I. Future tense forms vs futurish forms 7.1 Definition of future tense The future tense locates a situation time in the post-present and normally expresses pure future . Futurish forms are not future tense forms and do not express pure future. 7.1.1 The future tense refers to the post-present in the sense that it locates a situation time the time of a predicated situation see 2.12 13 in the post-present zone of .