Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Future-In-Past Tense

Definition: 

Future-in-past tense is an absolute-relative tense that refers to a time located in the future, relative to a contextually determined temporal reference point that itself must be located in the past relative to the moment of utterance.

Examples: 

(English)

  • John left for the front; he would never return.
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