Re: "About to" aspect
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, November 9, 1998, 23:47 |
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/Joe Mondello wrote:
> Well, In the way in which i use it [corresondent to the perfective] it can
> occur in any tense, for example:
> I was about to tell her. . .
> therefore i assumed it was aspective.
Oh, okay. I guess it would be an aspect, then.
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