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Why “Future” Doesn’t Really Exist in English

(And Why That Confuses So Many Learners) The idea that seems obvious Most students believe English has a future tense. After all, we say: I will go.She will call you tomorrow.They will arrive soon. It feels obvious that this is future tense. But linguistically speaking, things are not so simple. Because English does something unusual. […]

Tymur Levitin

• 20.03.2026 • 2 min read

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20.03.2026

How Many Tenses Are There in English — Really?

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Part 2 of the series: “Time Is Not Just Grammar” Most students ask a simple question: How many tenses are there in English? The textbook answer is easy: 12.Some teachers say 16.Some say there are only 2 or 3 real ones. But the real answer is much more interesting. Because the question itself is wrong. […]

Tymur Levitin