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Re: Pitch and tense

From:Joe Mondello <rugpretzel@...>
Date:Sunday, June 27, 1999, 22:46
In a message dated 6/26/99 9:14:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
scaves@FRONTIERNET.NET writes:

<< What do you do,
 however, about the chronically nervous speaker? <G> >>

The chronically nervous and constantly squeaky-voiced who render their
narrative past and present indicative tenses the same, that is, with the same
pitch, will have to make context clear to the addressee if they wish to be
understood.