Re: Grammar of time travel
| From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 12, 2007, 1:44 |
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On Feb 11, 2007, at 4:40 PM, Chris Peters wrote:
>> From: Eldin Raigmore <eldin_raigmore@...>
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>> Have you compared the Zompist BBoard's "Language for Time
>> Travelers" thread
>> yet?
>
> .... or the English-for-time-travelers section of one of Douglas
> Adams' Hitchhikers trilogy? (I forget which one offhand).
See also http://www.xibalba.demon.co.uk/jbr/chrono.html for an
exposition on different types of time travel scenarios and a little
about tense usage.