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Eagleflych Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

questions about logical sequence of the meanings of verb tenses

0Hi, everybody:02br
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00I have an idea about "the logical sequence of the meanings of all verb tenses" and I am not sure that I am right. Please help me.02br
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00I think:02br
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00In the negative forms of all verb tenses, the objects modified by the negative meanings are the original meanings of main verbs and the meanings of following words.02br
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00Afterward, the objects modified by the affirmative meanings of the verb tenses are the negative meanings, the original meanings of main verbs and the meanings of following words.02br
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00We can use the sequence formula to explain the negative forms of all verb tenses:02br
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00"the affirmative meanings of the verb tenses"---"the negative meanings" ---"the original meanings of main verbs and the meanings of following words"02br
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00For example, please watch the two sentences below:02br
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00I have bought a book for a year. 02br
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00(In the sentence, the logical sequence is "the affirmative meaning of the verb tense"---"the original meanings of main verbs and the meanings of following words", namely, "the continuing"---"buying a book for a year". The sentence is wrong, because the action of "buying a book" can't continue for a year.) 00 02br
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00I have not bought any books for a year. 02br
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00(In the sentence, the logical sequence is "the affirmative meaning of the verb tenses"---"the negative meanings" ---"the original meanings of main verbs and the meanings of following words", namely, "the continuing"---"the negative meaning of 'not' "---"buying any books for a year". The sentence is right, because the state of "not buying any books" can continue for a year.)02br
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00Are my thoughts above right?02br
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00If the grammar rules that I said above are right, are the rules applicable to other verb tenses?02br
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00For example in the sentence of "She is not reading the book right now.", does the negative form of The Present Continuous tense have the same logical sequence as The Present Perfect Tense?02br
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00Thanks a lot in advance.05002br
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0 Hi,02br 00I am afraid I didn't understand exactly what you wanted. Hopefully someone else will be able to understand and help you a little more. Anyway, I just wanted to give you a few opinions:02br 02br 01b 01i 00I have bought a book for a year.

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0 Hi,02br
00I am afraid I didn't understand exactly what you wanted. Hopefully someone else will be able to understand and help you a little more. Anyway, I just wanted to give you a few opinions:02br
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01b01i00I have bought a book for a year. 02i02b00<-- No, this is not good, as you said.02br
00You could say:0
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0Hi,02br
00I am afraid I didn't understand exactly what you wanted. Hopefully someone else will be able to understand and help you a little more. Anyway, I just wanted to give you a few opinions:02br
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01b01i00I have bought a book for a year. 02i02b00<-- No, this is not good, as you said.02br
00You could say:0
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0I don't know if I can put it exactly in your terminology, but the basic idea is that what continues is the negative state of not buying books. That is, I believe, your first take on it.02br
00I would not say that the idea is the non-continuation of buying books, that is, your second interpretation. It seems to me that that would be 01i00I stopped buying books years
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