Does English Have a Future?
Lots of languages have no dedicated way to indicate later-ness. Somehow life goes on.
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Episode Notes
There are any number of ways to suggest that an event takes place at some hypothetical time that is not right now. Do we really need a special “future tense” to express that idea? Lots of languages, it turns out, manage OK without one.
Podcast production by Mike Vuolo.