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What tense does “Tom can swim” belong to?
What tense does “Tom can swim” belong to?
Present simple tense or other tense?
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Present simple. The sentence is referring to Tom’s ability, so the present simple is used to describe this general truth and habitual actions.
Hope this helps.
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present tense.
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Present simple.
“Can” means “is able to” – “is” is present tense.
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simple present
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A pre-tense? does that exist? its not past… not present…
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