Re: Tense marked on nouns

From:    Peter Bleackley <Peter.Bleackley@...>
> Is there any language where tense is marked on a noun rather than the verb?
> It seems that English is heading towards tense being marked on the subject,
> but is the process complete in any language?
I would not say that English is heading to tense marking on subjects.
I would say that the forms on English are clitics, and see no reason
to believe that they will not stay that way (unless a completely unrelated
system arises).

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