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| + | A tense that refers to a future action about to occur at a time that is determined by the context of the phrase, and not necessarily the time indicated in the rest of the sentence. For example, “The professor who was'' about to teach'' grammar, ''wrote'' on the board” “The professor who'' was about to'' teach grammar ''was writing'' on the board. “The professor who ''was about to'' teach grammar ''was going to write'' on the board.” | ||
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Revision as of 13:47, 5 December 2011
A tense that refers to a future action about to occur at a time that is determined by the context of the phrase, and not necessarily the time indicated in the rest of the sentence. For example, “The professor who was about to teach grammar, wrote on the board” “The professor who was about to teach grammar was writing on the board. “The professor who was about to teach grammar was going to write on the board.”
See Also
External Links
- http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsRelativeFutureTense.htm
- http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/relative_future_tense
