User:DCDuring/Aspect

This is an attempt to illustrate how English presents aspect in various tenses with various types of verbs. The means of presenting include verb inflection, modal and auxiliary verbs, modal adverbs, use of lexical terms in periphrasis.

=Habitual/repetitive=
 * He attends university / He is attending university
 * He used to attend university (perfect or imperfect) / I once attended university (perfect) / He has been attending university. {imperfect)

=WP's list of aspect terms= The following aspectual terms are found in the literature. Approximate English equivalents are given.