Future-In-Future Tense
Definition:
Future-in-future tense is an absolute-relative tense that refers to a time located in the future, relative to a temporal reference point that itself is located in the future relative to the moment of utterance.
Examples:
(Latin)
- daturus erit ‘he will be about to give’ [diacritics not shown]
See Also:
Source:
74–75
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