How many tenses in English?

As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses:


a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle
b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle
c) Past Progressive ...................................was/were + present participle
d) Simple Past ..........................................past tense form

e) Present Perfect Progressive ...................have/has been + present participle
f) Present Perfect .....................................have/has + past participle

g)Present Progressive .................................am/is/are + present participle
h)Simple Present ........................................present tense form = almost same form as infinitive (except "to be"); when used with he/she/it: +(e)s (except modal helping verbs)


i)will-Future ...............................................will + infinitive
j)will-Future Progressive .............................will be + present participle
k)will-Future Perfect ...................................will have + past participle
l)will-Future Perfect Progressive ..................will have been + present participle

m)Going-to-Future ......................................am/is/are going to + infinitive


Sometimes, the Conditionals are also said to be tenses, but those are just modi of an actual tense, no tenses themselves.

Pemmican wrote:

As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses: a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle c) Past Progressive ...................................was/were + present participle d) Simple Past ..........................................past tense form e) Present Perfect Progressive ...................have/has been + present participle f) Present Perfect .....................................have/has + past participle g)Present Progressive .................................am/is/are + present participle h)Simple Present ........................................present tense form = almost same form as infinitive (except "to be"); when used with he/she/it: +(e)s (except modal helping verbs) i)will-Future ...............................................will + infinitive j)will-Future Progressive .............................will be + present participle k)will-Future Perfect ...................................will have + past participle l)will-Future Perfect Progressive ..................will have been + present participle m)Going-to-Future ......................................am/is/are going to + infinitive Sometimes, the Conditionals are also said to be tenses, but those are just modi of an actual tense, no tenses themselves.

Hi Pemmican ;-)
You could add:
m') Going-to-Future in the past ....................... was/were going to + infinitive
m) Going-to-Future ...................................... am/is/are going to + infinitive
m'') Going-to-Future in the future .................... will be going to + infinitive

We may add:
n)Habituality in the past ...............................used to + infinitive

Hi paco ：）
I agree with your first sentence.
As to second one, I respectfully and faithfully disagree with you.

Dealing with some grammatical category of verb, we not necessarily have to confine "morphological (=grammaticalized) forms in "inflectional" one, I think.

And my argument is based on "Cours de morphologie générale." Vol.1, by Igor Mel'cuk (1993). (Translated from Russian. It's the best morphological theory ever, I think!)

See you later and have a good day.

Thank you Very Much, Eimai_Anglos. Writing this sentence, I wasn't sure at all about its correctness ：）, so I'm really glad to get your kind help!
Very cheery day or evening to you ;-)