In Gerunds^x, Quoting^x, Tenses^x

Kooyeen wrote: Hi Yoong, yeah, of course that's not a gerund, but does that present participle act as ad adjective or as a part of a present continuous ? I saw him entering the building. ---> I saw him. He was entering the building. (present continuous, ongoing action) I saw him sitting...

Inchoateknowledge wrote: What does (simple) future tense mean in this sentence? The grammarian (it is a grammarian, isn't it?) you're quoting would probably tell you that there is no future tense. Many linguists claim English has only two tenses: Past and Non-past (sometimes called present)....