i was thinking...if i say, im going to move from "here" to go over "there" - then actually its impossible.
by the time i get "there" - there is no "there" as it now becomes "here". So to be "there" or to get "there" is impossible. should i say "im going to move from here, to here" - that makes more sense to me.
I tried explaining this to someone else...and they didnt get what i was saying - does anyone else understand? am i making sense? does anyone else agree?
I understand what your saying danny, but if you said here to here then surely it would mean you haven't moved? You need to get there to eventually be here. There needs to be a there to be able to move in the first place?
It's kinda like there being no tomorrow because it is always today.
I meant to say if you say here to here without specifying a place, thing etc.. either by name or visually then it would mean you haven't moved as no-one would know where here is, but then I guess no-one would know where there was either, unless you had already specified this in an earlier statement.
To go from here to there is what you will be doing (in the future). I am going from here to here is what you are doing at the time (in the present) and I was there and am now here is what you have done (in the past).
I know what you mean it sounds logical in your head it just doesn't fit into good grammar I think.
ah yes i understand what your saying now - i dont think its anything philosophical to be honest - i think its just my strange way of thinking - i mean ive heard of thinking outside the box but sometimes even i take it too far!
i understood what you were saying wingnut - but in grammatical terms, emmeedask made it nice and clear - when i thought of it as past, present and future it did make sense to me now!
im confused max...how does saying "im going there tommorow" create a time/space continum?
Max - for someone whose birth language is not English you write and understand it much better than many bred and born English. I have great respect and admiration for you and I highly commend your command of the English language. You've truly impressed me.