Why Are There Sixteen Tenses In English

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201214.626How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Time Point, Time Line Segment, Time Half-line, Motion, Static

Abstract

This paper expounds the concept of English tenses, from a new angle through inheriting traditional grammar theories and combining the basic categories of mathematics and physics subject. It firstly proves that why there are only 16 kinds of English tenses, and successfully reasons out English tenses of regularity, so it also provides a new mode for the understanding and application of English tense.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Liu Yang
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/16
TI  - Why Are There Sixteen Tenses In English
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 858
EP  - 862
SN  - 2352-5398
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