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What tense are you using?
by monadic2 7y ago
What tense are you using?
- Supermancho 7y agoOver the next hundred years, meaning from 1918 to 2018, since there is an implied starting date from the subject matter. English is a high context language.
- mirimir 7y agoI think that "the following hundred years" would be clearer.
- baddox 7y agoI also like “subsequent.”
- kqr 7y agoAren't "next", "subsequent" and "following" nearly synonyms?
- InitialLastName 7y agoyep, nearly synonyms, which is why reasonable people who are native English speakers are able to disagree about which is best-suited to fit this sentence.
- irishcoffee 7y agoI think reasonable people understood the sentence.
- mirimir 7y agoTrue. I did, and was being ironically pedantic.
- baddox 7y agoYes.