Crastinal tense
Encyclopedia
A crastinal tense is a future tense
applied to a following or subsequent day. (Crāstinum is Latin
for morrow
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Crastinal tense refers to an event which will occur tomorrow (in an absolute tense system) or the following day (in a relative tense system). A post-crastinal tense indicates some time after tomorrow or the following day.
Future tense
In grammar, a future tense is a verb form that marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet, but expected to happen in the future , or to happen subsequent to some other event, whether that is past, present, or future .-Expressions of future tense:The concept of the future,...
applied to a following or subsequent day. (Crāstinum is Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
for morrow
Morrow
Morrow is a word meaning "the next day" in literary English. It also means "morning" in archaic English.Places in the United States=*Morrow, Georgia*Morrow, Ohio*Morrow County, Ohio*Morrow County, Oregon*Morrow Mountain State Park, in North Carolina...
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Crastinal tense refers to an event which will occur tomorrow (in an absolute tense system) or the following day (in a relative tense system). A post-crastinal tense indicates some time after tomorrow or the following day.