Timeline for Can any verb in the simple present tense express a scheduled future event when used in a main clause?
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| Dec 31, 2017 at 7:02 | comment | added | KarlG | I didn't address that question because it is irrelevant. What you're talking about is a present tense verb, either simple or progressive, with a time expression, like: We're flying/we fly to Rome in three weeks. "After an update" establishes a sequence of events, but does not fix the event to a particular point in real time. | |
| Dec 31, 2017 at 1:20 | comment | added | JK2 | Then, what about the answer to the earlier question "Almost any action verb can be used in the present tense for a scheduled future event"? Do you think that any verb, action or stative, can be used in the simple present tense for a scheduled future event? | |
| Dec 30, 2017 at 18:07 | comment | added | KarlG | Absolutely. The information about the equipment to be used is perfectly fine in the present tense. | |
| Dec 30, 2017 at 16:38 | comment | added | JK2 | So do you think that "has" in the original is grammatical and even idiomatic? | |
| Dec 30, 2017 at 10:40 | history | edited | KarlG | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 30, 2017 at 10:22 | history | answered | KarlG | CC BY-SA 3.0 |