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On the Practicality of Using Formal and Semantic Matrixes in Teaching English Tenses
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Starting from the idea that English tenses share a mathematical formal matrix, the present paper aims at demonstrating that the various uses and meanings of English tenses may be taught more easily when the formal matrix is combined with the semantic one. Special attention will be devoted to the moods and tenses which support the aim of this paper
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Repeatedness; Development; Duration; Temporariness; Modality
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