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I heard when someone told "The conference started tomorrow" so my question is: is it correct grammatical and acceptible? If yes when I can use it?
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I heard when someone told "The conference started tomorrow" so my question is: is it correct grammatical and acceptible? If yes when I can use it?
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I reckon it's grammatically correct as everything is in the right place but it's semantically dubious because tomorrow can surely never be in the past.
– Andrew Leach♦
5 hours ago
Conjugate 'to start' ... if this makes no sense to you post your question on the ELL site.
– lbf
4 hours ago
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Welcome to EL&U. Please edit your post to include the precise context in which you heard this expression. It could be acceptable, for example, if it reflects a change in schedule: The conference started tomorrow according to the approved agenda, but because of the blizzard, the opening session now takes place on Friday. Or, there might be even more contrived scenarios involving time zone differences or some such. Without knowing more details about what was said and when, we cannot say for certain whether it was an error, a grammatical but awkward usage, or deliberate.
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I heard when someone told "The conference started tomorrow" so my question is: is it correct grammatical and acceptible? If yes when I can use it?
grammaticality tenses
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I heard when someone told "The conference started tomorrow" so my question is: is it correct grammatical and acceptible? If yes when I can use it?
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I reckon it's grammatically correct as everything is in the right place but it's semantically dubious because tomorrow can surely never be in the past.
– Andrew Leach♦
5 hours ago
Conjugate 'to start' ... if this makes no sense to you post your question on the ELL site.
– lbf
4 hours ago
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Welcome to EL&U. Please edit your post to include the precise context in which you heard this expression. It could be acceptable, for example, if it reflects a change in schedule: The conference started tomorrow according to the approved agenda, but because of the blizzard, the opening session now takes place on Friday. Or, there might be even more contrived scenarios involving time zone differences or some such. Without knowing more details about what was said and when, we cannot say for certain whether it was an error, a grammatical but awkward usage, or deliberate.
– choster
4 hours ago
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I reckon it's grammatically correct as everything is in the right place but it's semantically dubious because tomorrow can surely never be in the past.
– Andrew Leach♦
5 hours ago
Conjugate 'to start' ... if this makes no sense to you post your question on the ELL site.
– lbf
4 hours ago
2
Welcome to EL&U. Please edit your post to include the precise context in which you heard this expression. It could be acceptable, for example, if it reflects a change in schedule: The conference started tomorrow according to the approved agenda, but because of the blizzard, the opening session now takes place on Friday. Or, there might be even more contrived scenarios involving time zone differences or some such. Without knowing more details about what was said and when, we cannot say for certain whether it was an error, a grammatical but awkward usage, or deliberate.
– choster
4 hours ago
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I reckon it's grammatically correct as everything is in the right place but it's semantically dubious because tomorrow can surely never be in the past.
– Andrew Leach♦
5 hours ago
I reckon it's grammatically correct as everything is in the right place but it's semantically dubious because tomorrow can surely never be in the past.
– Andrew Leach♦
5 hours ago
Conjugate 'to start' ... if this makes no sense to you post your question on the ELL site.
– lbf
4 hours ago
Conjugate 'to start' ... if this makes no sense to you post your question on the ELL site.
– lbf
4 hours ago
2
2
Welcome to EL&U. Please edit your post to include the precise context in which you heard this expression. It could be acceptable, for example, if it reflects a change in schedule: The conference started tomorrow according to the approved agenda, but because of the blizzard, the opening session now takes place on Friday. Or, there might be even more contrived scenarios involving time zone differences or some such. Without knowing more details about what was said and when, we cannot say for certain whether it was an error, a grammatical but awkward usage, or deliberate.
– choster
4 hours ago
Welcome to EL&U. Please edit your post to include the precise context in which you heard this expression. It could be acceptable, for example, if it reflects a change in schedule: The conference started tomorrow according to the approved agenda, but because of the blizzard, the opening session now takes place on Friday. Or, there might be even more contrived scenarios involving time zone differences or some such. Without knowing more details about what was said and when, we cannot say for certain whether it was an error, a grammatical but awkward usage, or deliberate.
– choster
4 hours ago
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It's definitely incorrect. There is a reason we use tenses. We cannot use the simple past tense for future events.
"The conference will start tomorrow" makes sense.
If you're referring to an event from the past that started the next day, you can say simply that.
"The conference started the next day."
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Answers that fail to take into account possible context make me tense.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Please do not include generic website 'recommendations' and other superfluous comments in your answers. I have amended your answer to remove those.
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It's definitely incorrect. There is a reason we use tenses. We cannot use the simple past tense for future events.
"The conference will start tomorrow" makes sense.
If you're referring to an event from the past that started the next day, you can say simply that.
"The conference started the next day."
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Answers that fail to take into account possible context make me tense.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Please do not include generic website 'recommendations' and other superfluous comments in your answers. I have amended your answer to remove those.
– TrevorD
1 hour ago
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It's definitely incorrect. There is a reason we use tenses. We cannot use the simple past tense for future events.
"The conference will start tomorrow" makes sense.
If you're referring to an event from the past that started the next day, you can say simply that.
"The conference started the next day."
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Answers that fail to take into account possible context make me tense.
– Hot Licks
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Please do not include generic website 'recommendations' and other superfluous comments in your answers. I have amended your answer to remove those.
– TrevorD
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It's definitely incorrect. There is a reason we use tenses. We cannot use the simple past tense for future events.
"The conference will start tomorrow" makes sense.
If you're referring to an event from the past that started the next day, you can say simply that.
"The conference started the next day."
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It's definitely incorrect. There is a reason we use tenses. We cannot use the simple past tense for future events.
"The conference will start tomorrow" makes sense.
If you're referring to an event from the past that started the next day, you can say simply that.
"The conference started the next day."
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Answers that fail to take into account possible context make me tense.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Please do not include generic website 'recommendations' and other superfluous comments in your answers. I have amended your answer to remove those.
– TrevorD
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Answers that fail to take into account possible context make me tense.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Please do not include generic website 'recommendations' and other superfluous comments in your answers. I have amended your answer to remove those.
– TrevorD
1 hour ago
Answers that fail to take into account possible context make me tense.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Answers that fail to take into account possible context make me tense.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Please do not include generic website 'recommendations' and other superfluous comments in your answers. I have amended your answer to remove those.
– TrevorD
1 hour ago
Please do not include generic website 'recommendations' and other superfluous comments in your answers. I have amended your answer to remove those.
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I reckon it's grammatically correct as everything is in the right place but it's semantically dubious because tomorrow can surely never be in the past.
– Andrew Leach♦
5 hours ago
Conjugate 'to start' ... if this makes no sense to you post your question on the ELL site.
– lbf
4 hours ago
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Welcome to EL&U. Please edit your post to include the precise context in which you heard this expression. It could be acceptable, for example, if it reflects a change in schedule: The conference started tomorrow according to the approved agenda, but because of the blizzard, the opening session now takes place on Friday. Or, there might be even more contrived scenarios involving time zone differences or some such. Without knowing more details about what was said and when, we cannot say for certain whether it was an error, a grammatical but awkward usage, or deliberate.
– choster
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