SUBJECT. NEW THEORY OF TENSE FORMATION Dear Sir/Madam, The importance of English as an international language can be judged from the fact that there is no country in the world where a speaker of English cannot be understood. A living language, like human beings, changes. If we study the history of English language, like any other language, we shall notice the numerous changes that have taken place in it over the years. English as it was spoken 500 years ago, we shall be hardly able to make it out. Likewise, changes also occur in the grammatical system of language. Grammar is the anatomy or practical analysis of a language. It establishes the laws of language and organizes them under specific headings such as the different parts of speech and their specific functions. In English Language, among other parts of speech, "verb" plays a crucial role in tense formation. And, the same, a tense plays a vital role in sentence making. Hence, we can say that the distinctive knowledge of "verb" opens the door of correct and fluent expression in English. The current applied use of "verb" in a tense confuses a foreign learner so much that he, very soon, begins shirking learning tenses. And he, at last, finding no other way, indulges in cramming. Many instances of ambiguity in the use of "verb" in tenses can be cited in this connection. The need of the hour is that efforts must be made to devise a method of tense formation that could help the learners in learning the use of concerned verb rules easily and efficiently. As a teacher and learner of English, as a foreign language, I have been able to devise a theory contrary to the current applied rules of tense formation. Through this theory, all the complexity and ambiguity, found in the use of "verb" in tenses, is totally shattered. For, this theory marks out the two distinct verb categories in tense formation. For the last many years, I have been teaching as per my devised theory to higher classes students at my academy. I have experienced it quite a practicable and useful creative work. Now, after having attained some proficiency in the use of "verb" in tense formation as per this devised theory, I have decided to put forward this theory for general discussion. For this, all the English lovers are requested to give their critical comments on the said theory. In Pakistan, there is no such forum or institution where I can prove my contention. But, I am unknown to any such forum in U.K., also where I might dispatch original booklet containing a comparative study of current applied rules and suggested ones. Dear Sir/Madam, in this concern, I ask for your permission to dispatch you a copy of the said theory. Or you must guide me to a forum, institution, or English Language Research Center where I may have a preview of my theory. With best wishes A lover of English Language M. ARSHAD ALI CH. [log in to unmask] Fatima College for Women P-28, St.no. 2, Jhang Road, Gojra. Distt. (T.T.Singh) Pakistan. Tel. 04651-3322 ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%