In this example, "You are leaving next Tuesday, aren't you", the correct answer used the present tense to indicate immediate future, but next Tuesday is not the immediate future. What is the cut-off? A week? A month? It varies?
Present tense indicating immediate future
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Present tense indicating immediate future
This question relates to:French lesson "Expressing immediate and near-future actions with the present tense (Le Présent) in French"
Asked 3 years ago
There is no definitive cut-off. It depends on context and how the speaker perceives the temporal proximity.
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