Anonymous  +  566873 Tue, 16 Sep 08 09:55 PM Hi everybody, Why do all the Grammar books use the expressions "simple present" and "simple past", although all the other tenses start with the tense-marker and add the aspect-marker then: present progressive, present perfect, present perfect progressive, past progressive, past perfect, past perfect progressive. Couldn't it be more logical to then say "present simple" and "past simple"? Yours, D.S. Elfers Anonymous Simple Present, Present Progressive, Grammar, Tenses, Past Perfect, Simple Past, Present Perfect, Past Simple, Present Simple, Perfect Progressive

	Clive  +  566920 Wed, 17 Sep 08 12:22 AM Hi, My guess is just tradition. Even then, I've read and heard both names. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,298 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo