future tense

Mesoclisis: The Weird Art of Split Verbs in Portuguese

Portuguese possesses a rare grammatical quirk called mesoclisis, where pronouns are inserted directly into the middle of a verb (e.g.,…

1 week ago

The Historic Present: Grammar of Sportscasting

"LeBron takes the ball, he shoots, he scores!" Why do we describe past events in the present tense when telling…

1 week ago

The Future Tense That Never Was: How Languages Without a Future Tense Shape Planning and Perception

Did you know that many languages, like Mandarin Chinese and Finnish, get by perfectly well without a grammatical future tense?…

6 months ago

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