{"id":81,"date":"2013-06-20T04:04:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T04:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeygrammar.org\/index.php\/2013\/06\/20\/future-3\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:44:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:44:20","slug":"future-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/future-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Future (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary: This post is about how to talk about schedules<\/b> (e.g. travel arrangements, entertainments, and public events). It argues that native speakers of English do not use ‘will’<\/b> all the time to talk about future. Instead, the simple present<\/b> (e.g. There is an English class at 10 tomorrow.) is usually used. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Do <\/span>you<\/span> know<\/span> that? <\/span>What?  If you use \u2018<\/span>will<\/span>\u2019 all the time <\/span>for talking about <\/span>future<\/span>, you <\/span>won\u2019t<\/span> have a <\/span>bright<\/span> future.  <\/span><\/span>Why?  <\/span>When<\/span> <\/span>native speakers <\/span>of English talk about<\/span> <\/span>schedules<\/span> <\/span>(or timetables), they<\/span> <\/span>don\u2019t <\/span>use \u2018will\u2019 all the time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>So what do they use?  Or what tense<\/span><\/span> <\/span>to use when they talk about schedules?  <\/span>The answer may surprise<\/span> you.  <\/span>Native speakers use something simple, the<\/span> <\/span>present simple tense<\/b><\/span><\/span>, to talk about schedules (or timetables).      <\/span><\/div>\n
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Want an example<\/span>? Read the conversation between two spies<\/span>.   (But be careful.  Why? This is top secret.)                                                                        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Spy 1: Where\u2019re you going this time?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Spy 2: Hong Kong.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Spy 1: Have you got the details of the flight?  <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Spy 1: I mean, like, what time <\/span><\/b>does <\/span><\/b>the plane <\/span><\/b>arrive <\/span><\/b>at Hong Kong?<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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Well, but <\/span>why<\/span>? <\/span>Why do they use <\/span>the present simple <\/span>to talk about schedules?  <\/span>Well, you may think of schedules as some kind of<\/span> facts.  <\/span>Facts?  <\/span>What are facts?  Read the <\/span>example below: ‘<\/span>Being a spy<\/span> is <\/span>dangerous<\/span><\/span>‘<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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That is, we use the <\/span>present simple <\/span>to talk about facts.  <\/span>And for native speakers of English, they \u2018treat\u2019 schedules as <\/span>a kind of facts<\/span>.   <\/span>So they use the same tense for both <\/span>facts <\/span>and <\/span>schedules.<\/span> <\/span>In other words, unless there are, for example, some kind of <\/b><\/span>disasters<\/span>, the schedules are <\/span>true<\/span><\/b>.  <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Well, what do I mean by schedules<\/span> (or <\/span>timetables<\/span>)?  <\/span>In <\/span>daily<\/span> English, there are usually <\/span>3 types <\/span>of \u2018schedules\u2019.<\/span><\/div>\n
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a. <\/span>Travel arrangements<\/b><\/span> (or itineraries), for example, <\/span>The next flight to Hong Kong<\/b> <\/span>leaves<\/span> <\/span>at 14:30.<\/span><\/i>
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Post on Future (1)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Post on <\/span>Future (2)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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