{"id":704,"date":"2017-10-03T18:19:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T18:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/?p=704"},"modified":"2018-10-25T16:53:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T16:53:19","slug":"donald-trump-adverbs-of-time-promises-promises-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/donald-trump-adverbs-of-time-promises-promises-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Models English Adverbs of Time -or – Promises Promises Promises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump promises many things. He promises many more things than he actually delivers on. But people love promises, and his prolific use of future time expressions<\/span> makes an English lesson on talking about the future very bountiful.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let’s follow just a few of Donald Trump’s promises since he took office and pay close attention to his adverbs of time.<\/p>\n

“Donald Trump: “And the clock starts ticking. But here you have two people calling saying, “Can we negotiate?” I say yes and I have to wait for a hundred days. I don’t know what a hundred days is going to be like. What’s it going to be like?. .<\/em> .”<\/p>\n

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SOON<\/strong><\/em>:
\n(The hyperlinks go to audio of the speech.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>Beginning construction of a great, great wall <\/span>soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span> 7 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

The wall will get built <\/span>soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span> 5 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

The wall will happen <\/span>very soon<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0 19 days ago<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to have the final choices about the border wall done <\/span>soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 11 days ago<\/span><\/p>\n

Announcing very, very big infrastructure projects <\/span>soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 6 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

A very big infrastructure plan is going to come <\/span>soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 6 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be making big investments in repairing our badly depleted infrastructure <\/span>soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 5 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

Announcing very, very big infrastructure projects <\/span>soon<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 6 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

The U.S. Navy will have the finest equipment in the world <\/span>soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 7 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

American workers will be respected again <\/span>soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 6 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

America will be back<\/span> <\/span>soon<\/span><\/span><\/a> 6 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

The U.S. will be stronger than it has ever been <\/span>soon<\/span><\/span><\/a> 6 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

NATO will be fair to the U.S. <\/span>soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 4 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

Crucial legislation will be considered <\/span>soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 3 months ago
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Our country will come together as one <\/span>soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 1 month ago<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADVERB + SOON
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n

American workers will have a level playing field <\/span>very soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 5 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Steel companies will be great <\/span>very soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 5 months ago
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

You will be saying Merry Christmas again <\/span>very soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 2 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

Starting negotiations with Mexico about who will pay for the wall <\/span>relatively soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 8 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to start building the wall very soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 7 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to be doing tax policies <\/span>very soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 8 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to have tax reform <\/span>at some point very soon<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0 5 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to be announcing a tax plan <\/span>very soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 5 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

The New York Times will be online-only <\/span>pretty soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 5 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

Men and women in uniform will have the latest and most cutting edge systems in their arsenal <\/span>very, very soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 7 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

A commitment to rebuilding the depleted infrastructure of the United States <\/span>very soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 2 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

Announcing a signature infrastructure project beyond roads and bridges <\/span>very soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 6 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

We will start building the wall <\/span>soon, very soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span> 7 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

MS-13 will be gone from America’s streets <\/span>very soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 4 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ll have the electrical grid problem solved <\/span>relatively soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 8 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

An infrastructure plan will come <\/span>a hundred percent very soon<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0 5 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

Announcing a signature infrastructure project beyond roads and bridges <\/span>very soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 6 months ago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The menace of rising crime and the threat of deadly terror will get better <\/span>very soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 7 months ago
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ll have the electrical grid problem solved <\/span>relatively soon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span> 8 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

AS SOON AS<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

Construction begins on the wall <\/span>as soon as we can; as soon as<\/span> we can physically do it<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 8 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to be doing some trade deals <\/span>as soon as <\/span>we get the health care finished<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 6 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

SOON\/SOONER\/SOONEST<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

The administration will file an infrastructure plan <\/span>over the next two or three weeks, maybe sooner<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 5 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

EVENTUALLY<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

The wall will be brand new <\/span>eventually<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span> 19 days ago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to repeal and replace Obamacare <\/span>eventually<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 11 days ago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We will win on health care reform <\/span>eventually<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 9 days ago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Eventually<\/span>, we\u2019ll win on health care reform, <\/span>whether it\u2019s now or later<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 9 days ago<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

LATER<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

The wall will come <\/span>later<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 19 days ago<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

AHEAD OF SCHEDULE<\/em> and WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

We\u2019re going to have a wall <\/span>ahead of schedule<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 7 months ago
\n<\/span><\/span>
\nThe wall is <\/span>way ahead of schedule<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 6 months ago<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

OTHER<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We\u2019re going to be submitting a tax bill <\/span>in the very near future<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 2 months ago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to go get into great detail on tax reform <\/span>over the next two weeks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 27 days ago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be submitting an infrastructure bill <\/span>in the not-very-distant future<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 2 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

Very interesting items will come to the forefront about alleged wiretapping of Trump Tower <\/span>over the next two weeks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 6 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

He will release his tax returns at some point<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 4 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

The North Korean problem will be solved <\/span>at some point<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 4 months ago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Senate is going to be forced to make a deal on Obamacare repeal <\/span>at some point<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 13 days ago<\/span><\/p>\n

Planning is starting on the wall <\/span>immediately<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 8 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

We have to take care of the American people <\/span>immediately<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 8 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

American workers will have the training to lead us into the future immediately<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 1 month ago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to be making a decision about the Paris Accord <\/span>over the next two weeks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 5 months ago<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

And my personal favorite:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cEventually<\/span>, we’ll win, whether it\u2019s now or later<\/span>…”<\/div>\n
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Donald Trump promises many things. He promises many more things than he actually delivers on. But people love promises, and his prolific use of future time expressions makes an English lesson on talking about the future very bountiful. Let’s follow just a few of Donald Trump’s promises since he took office and pay close attention […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3,31,12,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-government","category-grammar","category-time-references","category-english-vocabulary","category-writing","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":761,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704\/revisions\/761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}