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There are twelve tenses in English grammar. Do we have to use the definite article "the"for each tense or not? Can you give me some explanations,please?In the below examples, Do we have to use "the" or not?1.In the use of the Present Simple.2.The Present Perfect Tense or Present Perfect...

Hi guys, I've heard of a new point of view of the term "tense". Some people say there're only 2 kinds of tenses in modern English grammar: Present and past tense. It's something odd to me because I've been taught that there're 12 tenses in English (Present simple, Present continuous, Present...