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Translation from original language as provided by author English has long been a focus of linguists and grammarians. Traditionally, tense is defined as "a grammatical category for expressing time distinctions". Therefore, present tense is considered as a way of expressing present event, while past tense is usually used to describe past event. As a matter of fact, present tense can also be used to refer to past events or events that are going to happen. Similarly, past tense can refer to not only past events, but also happening events or existing states and future events. In traditional grammar, these uses of present tense and past tense are only treated as exceptional uses. Cognitive linguistics holds that language and cognition are closely related, and grammatical category is largely in accordance with human cognition rules. Therefore, the exceptional uses of present tense and past tense are not come into being occasionally or randomly. They are also governed by human cognition rules. Based on the prototype