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Re: Grammar of time travel

From:Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
Date:Monday, February 12, 2007, 1:44
On Feb 11, 2007, at 4:40 PM, Chris Peters wrote:

>> From: Eldin Raigmore <eldin_raigmore@...> >> >> 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.