(09-21-2015, 09:16 AM)Vyce Wrote: No it cannot.
If "She went to the store" you cant grab her arm and stop her. She already went.
If "She goes to the store" you cannot prevent her from going because she did it.
If "She is going to the store" you can grab her arm and delay her, but she will still go sooner or later unless she changes her mind.
The only completely interactive one is future tense. Future tense has an unspoken IF.
Yeah, it can.
Just change, "She goes to the store" to:
"She turns to head for the store."
"She begins heading for the store."
Both are present tense, both state intention while leaving an opening for intervention from a secondary party.
Personally, future tense has always struck me as a lack of confidence in writing, somewhat like the passive voice. More often than not, it's lead to me sat at my desk and wondering aloud; "Wait... He would do that? Does... That mean he doesn't? Is there something stopping him?"
It often leaves the situation unclear, and clarity should always be a writer's (and RPer's) primary concern.
