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What is a simple tense?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Geoffrey Leech in 'An A-Z of English Grammar' defines a simple tense as a tense that has only one verb eg

past simple -- I went to school in Auckland. -- verb = went

present simple -- We live in Ekatahuna. -- verb = live

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