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Re: "Anticipatory" Tense

From:Christopher B Wright <faceloran@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 5, 2002, 19:57
> Something like 'I am in a state resulting from the fact that I walked' > or 'I walked, and this is relevant' comes close, but I don't feel that > they capture the essence of it. They're hardly "drop-in replacements" > for 'I have walked'.
I expect it would be the past tense with something to indicate that the action was completed. I propose "I done walked". What are those blank stares for? The clueless Christopher Wright