At 09:05 AM 3/20/2008, Carol Morrison wrote: . . .
>Analyzing English Grammar, by Klammer, Schulz, & Volpe, "There is no 
>future tense morpheme in English, no affix that can be attached to a 
>verb to indicate that the action will take place in the future. 
>Simple future time must be expressed by other words in the sentence" . . .
>  1) Modals . . .
>2) Present Tense + Adverbial Modifiers . . .

DD: Now that hit me hard. I thank y'all for the information. I never 
even considered the idea. Trapped in Latin Grammar, I am. Going back 
to rearrange my paradigms.

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