Re: Genitive relationships (WAS: Construct States)

Padraic Brown wrote:
> "Black English" makes this distinction as well: I ritin [now] v. I be
> ritin [habitual].
"White" English does this too.  "I'm writing [now]" vs. "I write
[habitual]".  Indeed, the so-called "present tense" in English is rarely
a true present tense at all - it's usually habitual, or sometimes future
("When do you leave?" - complicated by the use of the progressive for
future as well, at time, "I'm leaving tomorrow").