Re: verb question
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 7, 2003, 19:56 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Haden" <magwich78@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 8:48 PM
Subject: verb question
> OK, I have a question regarding verbs. Originally, my language
(OurTongue)
> was going to have a verbal system based on a simple past/non-past
> distinction, but now I'm not sure if that would be as useful as a
> perfect/imperfect distinction. My question is, which do you all think is
> more useful?
>
> - Rob
>
Why does it matter what is more useful? Personally, though, I'd prefer a
past/non-past distinction, as the perfectiveness of a verb can be easily
guessed from context.
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