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One of the unique features that distinguishes English from many other languages is its perfect verb tenses. And, let me tell you, they are a thing of beauty! That's right, there's no need to fear them, because they are quite logical and come in handy in conversation...

Jun 12, 2014 12:00 AM
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I really enjoyed your presentation of one of my favourite English tenses!

And the example with the thief made it very concrete!

June 16, 2014
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Call me ignorant with typical Anglophone arrogance, but I reckon the English tense system stands out clearly in its intricacy compared to many other languages (much to the annoyance of learners!).

 

English is rarely/never cited as a beautiful language unlike Italian or French, but for me its beauty lies the precision it allows when expressing order/temporal aspects of events.

 

I've dabbled in a few languages from a range of different language families: Romance, Sino-Tibetan, Germanic, Austronesian not Slavic though (yet!).  For instance, many languages have only one present tense while English has three (I do, I'm doing, I do do), all of which have their respective nuance/subtelties.  I particularly appreciate the present progressive (I'm doing ) to really and simply stress the present instant moment!

 

I do realise that these ideas can be expressed with context in other languages, but there's something special about English because so much is "built" into the tense system!

June 12, 2014
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It does not seem to be as difficult as it sounds before.

June 18, 2014

Short? Really? LOL

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June 21, 2014
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