> If you remove "some" and change it to mean that it is the "only" thing that conveys temporal information That wouldn't be changing the meaning. I'm not conti

> If you remove "some" and change it to mean that it is the "only" thing that conveys temporal information That wouldn't be changing the meaning. I'm not continuing this conversation because 1) I don't want to argue about the subtleties of English grammar with someone who is not a native speaker, and 2) I don't want to argue about linguistics with someone who doesn't know linguistics (as proven by your pointing to "grammar books" for evidence that it's a tense).