Thank yo Matilda.matilda said:what do you want exactly?
what sentence makes problem for you?
in my opinion, you should clarify your question, may be other teachers will be able to help you in that way better.
Matilda
tdol said:They are all future time. ;-)
shun said:How would you define the future time?
May you show us some examples for illustration?Casiopea said:I'd say it's non-past and non-present.
Do you have examples that are non-past and non-present?Casiopea said:What do you mean by "the" future time? If you mean "future time", I'd say it's non-past and non-present.
Do you mean I have misused "the"? If so, how would you define future time? If I can give examples myself, I don't need to ask, do I?Casiopea said:I do, yes, but, first, could you give us a few examples of what this means, "the future time"? ;-) I'd like to know what it is that you see/understand when you read, "non-past and non-present". ;-)
I have a hard time in seeing what is the present time and what is the future time.
Must tomorrow is a future time?
What about next hour?
What about next minute?
What about next second?
Are they all the future time?
The bad thing is, as I said, it follows that the present time can be only this millisecond. It doesn't make any sense to me.incognittum said:As some have already answered the next minute/second would be the future.
However, I am afraid your present time contradicts your future time:incognittum said:For instance; today, this week, at this hour, or this month even is the present, because you are within it.
If "today" is present time, how can it be that "in two hours" is the future time? Do you mean the future time is within the present time? How can it be possible that I am within "today", but outside "in two hours"? Is "in two hours" outside "today"? I don't understand.incognittum said:If you say next week, in two hours, or later on, this is the future; it will take place sometime.
I hope that you may stay on the subject that is on the difference between the present time and the future time.incognittum said:If you say; "Today I am playing a game" this refers to the present, because you are doing something at this moment (ing). If you say; "Tomorrow I will be playing a game" you are refering to the future, because it will happen eventually or sometime.
Again, what is "This", if it is not an action? I wholly agree that the action you say refers to the future. But our thread is talking about "the future" itself. Those readers who are before you haven't missed the point, which is about the future time, rather than the future action.incognittum said:Let's say, next week you will be going to school everyday. This refers to the future, because it will happen and here you are talking about the "whole week" in general.
I have a hard time in seeing what is the present time and what is the future time.
Must tomorrow is a future time?
What about next hour?
What about next minute?
What about next second?
Are they all the future time?
If "today" is present time, how can it be that "in two hours" is the future time? Do you mean the future time is within the present time? How can it be possible that I am within "today", but outside "in two hours"? Is "in two hours" outside "today"? I don't understand.
Or do you mean this "in two hours" sometimes won't take place? May you elaborate on this? Thank you very much.
incognittum said:Since the previous readers asked what do you mean regarding your question, I do not think it qualifies as being aware of the your 'point'.
incognittum said:Anyway, you could infer the meaning of time from what I have said about the future.
incognittum said:You obviously have an idea of what the future is, and unless you ask the right question that can be answered, how can people understand what you mean.
incognittum said:All of these are future time, because they have not come to be yet.
incognittum said:Pretend you're on a highway facing North and all the cars ( imagine the cars are the time) are moving South. You stand in place and await a car that is 10KM away, eventually the car will come to you. When you meet, that will be the present and when it passes you by, that will be the past.
incognittum said:Or, that car is in place at 10KM away and you are moving towards it, you are moving in the present, you exist within that time, and that car is in the future, because you have not met yet.
incognittum said:In previous post I have tried to explain that. Today is present time, it refers to the 'whole' day in general, you wanted this time to come, those 24 hours, and they did, so it is the present. If you are in time at 1400 hours and you are awating a delivery at 1600 then that is the future, because you are refering to a different time, something that did not happen yet. The day 'today' happened and it is the present, delivery did not come to be yet so it is the future.
incognittum said:If I still have not answered a part of your question and have been blubbing senslessly then I apologize for taking your time while reading.
incognittum said:If you are in time at 1400 hours and you are awating a delivery at 1600 then that is the future, because you are refering to a different time, something that did not happen yet. The day 'today' happened and it is the present, delivery did not come to be yet so it is the future.
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