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Techniques and methods in Language Teaching > Just a matter of curiosity!
Just a matter of curiosity!
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savvinka
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Just a matter of curiosity!
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Dear colleages, Once I heard smb used to say "time" instead of "tense" describing a grammar category. Is it acceptable in yr countries? Or is it rubbish !? Or I have probably missed smth, haven �t I? |
8 Jun 2010
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prevailingboy
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Hello,I heard such a usage but only in speeches,I didn �t come across a document writing �past perfect time � etc. I think it is true in the speech,but not preferable in writing.My answer is: it is rubbish!! :) |
8 Jun 2010
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imanito
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hello!Not exactly. It �s not used like that.there is a difference between the two.
-Tense is a grammatical structure.
-Time describes when a certain situation has exactly occured.
For example, "The plane takes off at 7:00 tonight"
= The tense in this sentence is present simple tense but it refers to a future time because there is tonight.
it is so interesting. I hope I could help. |
8 Jun 2010
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imanito
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I had an epiphany  I have a simpler explanation. Tense has to do with verb inflection.It is what you see in front of you;that is, what is written or said (Explicit) Whereas time, it is the meaning regardless of the real form of the verb (implicit)
I hope my humble epiphany is correct and helped  |
8 Jun 2010
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savvinka
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Thank you, Imanito for yr kind explanation, Of course, I know the difference between two words. I simply suspected as it often happened with the languages, the borders are being rubbed away and people start using the words in a new way. I heard it from a respected person who is considered to be a very good English speaker, so I thought that it was probably acceptable ... |
8 Jun 2010
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Anna P
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In Portuguese, verbal tenses are called �tempos verbais �. Since �tempo � means time, maybe savvinka has a good point. |
9 Jun 2010
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yulya_esl
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Tense - Perfect, Continuous, Simple
Time - Past, Present, Future |
9 Jun 2010
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