略论英语“一般现在时”的实质

On the Nature of "Present Tense" in English

很多语法学家认为,时态由动词的具体形式来体现,现在时态表示现在,也表示将来,这在理论上自相矛盾,因为他们没有解决"一般现在时"的实质问题。实际上,"一般现在时"的实质是现联性——动作、状态与说话时刻的联系。

Many grammarists believe that tense is embodied through specific forms of verbs, the present tense embodies the present as well as the future, but their views are contradictory, just because they do not explain what the substance of the present tense is. In fact, the substance of the present tense is the present - consecutiveness ： connection between action, condition and the moment of the words.