Timetabled Events
Compare: “I’m taking Amanda Righetti to the cinema tonight. The film starts at 7:30.”
We see our plans as being temporary – the plan will begin when we write it down into our diary and then end when we’ve completed the whole action. However in the case of timetabled events, we see these as being permanent and therefore we use the present simple.
eg “The train arrives at 5am.”
“The flight leaves tonight at 7pm.”
“The bus leaves in five minutes’, so hurry up!”
“The play is at the Cameron Theatre and starts at 8pm.”
We see these as being permanent because these events are written on an official timetable and are the same week in, week out.
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