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Why Are There Sixteen Tenses In English

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Liu Yang
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Liu Yang
Available Online 16 December 2020.
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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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2020 3rd International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
16 December 2020
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.201214.626
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201214.626How to use a DOI?
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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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