tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post6611808459461620422..comments2024-03-27T08:31:44.348+01:00Comments on Random Idea English: A Brief History of TenseWarsaw Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-31954714562927558522018-05-20T22:14:56.598+02:002018-05-20T22:14:56.598+02:00I would very interested to know when English speak...I would very interested to know when English speakers first started using the present continuous to talk about definite plans in the future. I suspect it may be a 20th century development as I can't find examples of it in 19th century literature.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199665369722354205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-60139552271013030282016-10-15T19:14:14.579+02:002016-10-15T19:14:14.579+02:00Hi Graham, the final section "Notes" mor...Hi Graham, the final section "Notes" more or less explains how I made my choice of grammar books. I haven't seen any other survey of the treatment of tense, and yes, I did all the donkey work. But nowadays, what with Google Books, Project Gutenberg and Archive.org, this is not very difficult.Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-12273429917784459312016-09-25T21:26:28.082+02:002016-09-25T21:26:28.082+02:00Great article and great research. Could I ask if t...Great article and great research. Could I ask if this was all your own research (i.e. did you choose the tiles you looked at her) or did you find some other literature summarising all this? Thanks.Graham Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715366169276066477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-90246323194841556042015-07-12T14:48:36.738+02:002015-07-12T14:48:36.738+02:00Thanks so much for that. Interesting that the lang...Thanks so much for that. Interesting that the language seems to be much older than the period he's writing in. As far as I can see, he lists five tenses: present, preterite (past simple), preterite perfect (present perfect), preterite pluperfect (past perfect) and future (will, shall).<br /><br />I'll have to take a proper look at it.Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-33303933610213990122015-06-07T17:00:27.290+02:002015-06-07T17:00:27.290+02:00https://archive.org/stream/geschichtederfa00plesgo...https://archive.org/stream/geschichtederfa00plesgoog#page/n494/mode/2up Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393778714281466763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-29627640202896517452015-06-07T16:59:29.826+02:002015-06-07T16:59:29.826+02:00Such an useful article. Here is the link to Bullok...Such an useful article. Here is the link to Bullokar`s "Bref Grammar" (1585): Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393778714281466763noreply@blogger.com