Talk:Relative and absolute tense

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[edit] Slight error in final paragraph

In the context of the sentence "John said that he would come to the party," the article says that if English used relative tense, the sentence would be "John said that he will come to the party" because "come" is later than "said." This is not the true reason, since in that sentence, "come" is an auxiliary verb within the phrase "will come." The reason is simply that the action happened later than the time at which it was discussed. I will change the sentence in the article to reflect that.

Benzi (talk) 02:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

That's exactly what it said. 'Come' is not an aux. verb. kwami (talk) 23:15, 13 May 2008 (UTC)