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Greek Grammar Uses (Future Tenses)
uses of the Future
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Undergraduate 4
11/10/2012

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Predictive
Definition
This affirms punctiliar action that will occur in future time, saying nothing about the continuance or results of the event.
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Ingressive
Definition
This stresses the beginning of the future action
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Collective
Definition
This refers to a series or aggregate of future acts viewed as constituting a single event.
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Comprehensive
Definition
This denotes a future event occurring over an extended period of time, however prolonged, but views the event as a whole.
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Effective
Definition
This stresses the culmination of a future event or the attainment of a future process.
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Progressive
Definition
This affirms that an action or state will be in progress (durative, linear) in future time.
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Volitive
Definition
This expresses a command
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Gnomic
Definition
This future states what will normally and customarily happen when occasion offers.
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Deliberative
Definition
This raises either a rhetorical question or a question of uncertainty.
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