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#1 John who took my pen is here. #2 John who is wearing my jacket is here. How firm a grasp would you like to obtain? (I know I shouldn't have written that, but I couldn't resist.) The thing that works for me is to take out the the subject and the "verb" and see if it still...

The present tenses (present (simple) and present progressive) can express future time in English, not just the will form. The idiom going to also expresses future time. She the television, I'll pay him, and not a minute sooner. (completion of a task) CJ

>"my dad said he is going to work tomorrow" or "my dad said he was going to work tomorrow."I don't agree that was is correct. The past tense said in this sentence refers to the time the man spoke. The present progressive is going is used in the sense of the future tense and refers to the time...

My understanding is that clauses starting with "unless" should always be in the present tenses, i.e. simple present, present progressive, and present perfect. Could you please provide any examples, if any, using other tenses than the ones above? Holding my breath.