Re: French transitivity etc.
From: | Aquamarine Demon <aquamarine_demon@...> |
Date: | Sunday, February 1, 2004, 23:24 |
>>Believe me, it's not confusing at all :)) .<<
Oh, I know. I understand it pretty well. :)
>>Also, you seem to forget the existence of the expression "être en train de",
>>which indicates progressive aspect. But due to its length, it has quite a
>>strong progressive meaning which fits only some cases of use of the English
>>progressive aspect (namely when you insist on the idea of an on-going
>>action).
Christophe Grandsire.<<
Hmm.. I didn't forget, mainly because I'm not familiar with it. At least, not
offhand. Hrm... I'll have to look into that.
Noelle, who apologizes for frequently being off-topic
The Aquamarine Demon
"There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge." - Bertrand Russell
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