Re: Aspects vs. Tenses in an All-Out Grudge Match!
| From: | Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 22, 1999, 16:54 |
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(I pretended to sent this originally to the list)
Jim Grossmann wrote:
> Isn't present perfect used instead of simple past in some languages?
In some dialects of Spanish, like those in Spain or Suthern Colombia,
present perfect is used for past (preterito perfecto).
In my dialect, and I think most dialects in the Americas the simple past
(preterito indefinido) is used.
> Jim
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-- Carlos Th