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A verb form that implies that an action will happen at a later time, relative to the time in which the sentence is being uttered. In English, future auxiliary verbs include, will, have, should, might, etc,
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''For the article about forming the future tense in Scottish Gaelic see [[Future Tense]]'
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The Future [[Tense (definition)|tense]] marks situations where the event described by the [[Predicate (definition)|predicate]] will happen after the time of speaking or writing. In English, the future tense is often marked by the modals ''will'' or ''shall''.
  
 
==See Also==
 
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*[[Present Tense (definition)]]
 
*[[Present Tense (definition)]]
 
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*[[Future Tense]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Tense
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*http://linguistics-ontology.org/gold/FutureTense
 
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http://linguistics-ontology.org/gold/FutureTense
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Tense
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 22:11, 7 June 2012

For the article about forming the future tense in Scottish Gaelic see Future Tense'

The Future tense marks situations where the event described by the predicate will happen after the time of speaking or writing. In English, the future tense is often marked by the modals will or shall.

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

References

  • Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.