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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''.
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==See Also==
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*[[Past Tense (definition)]]
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*[[Present Tense (definition)]]
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*[[Tense (definition)]]
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*[[Future Tense]]
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==External Links==
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*http://linguistics-ontology.org/gold/FutureTense
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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!
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Tense
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==References==
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*Crystal, David. (1997) ''A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics.'' Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
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Latest 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.