N. M. Rayevska modern english

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The Present Tense
The sun rises in the east.
Secondary syntagmatic meanings
We start tomorrow.
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The Present Tense

The primary denotative meaning (Inclusive Present)
  1. I see an airplane
  2. I love you.

I. Indicative Modality



c) Generalising Present The sun rises in the east.

d) Iterative Present I always go to the South in summer.

e) Qualitative Present She plays tennis with innate grace.

Secondary syntagmatic meanings (Exclusive Present)

a) past time reference !

And then in the night of the banquet she appears in her emeralds... (Mitchell)

b) future time reference We start tomorrow.