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Re: TRANS: a child's exercise

From:andrew <hobbit@...>
Date:Saturday, September 11, 1999, 5:38
Question I forgot to ask: Because the TRANS was written by a 10-year-old I
deliberately translated it without using the past definite tense.  So I
want to put a question to the Romanophones on this list; would this be
normal?  Or would it be expected that a pupil in their 4th or 5th year at
school would know how to use the past definite (or historic) tense in
their written work?

- andrew.
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Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz

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