Difference between revisions of "General present"

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The '''general present''' denotes not something occurring at the moment of speech, but timeless facts or habitual actions.  
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The '''general present''' is a type of [[present tense]] that denotes not something occurring at the moment of speech (like the [[actual present]]), but timeless facts or habitual actions.  
  
 
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*[[gnomic present]]
 
*[[gnomic present]]
 
*[[habitual present]]
 
*[[habitual present]]
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Revision as of 14:59, 8 June 2009

The general present is a type of present tense that denotes not something occurring at the moment of speech (like the actual present), but timeless facts or habitual actions.

Synonyms

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