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Re: USAGE: "I want crazy two years ago"

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, July 13, 2006, 16:10
Sai> Subject: USAGE: "I went crazy two years ago"

I'm confused.  With the "want" corrected to "went", that statement
strikes me as completely unremarkable.  "I"m crazy."  "How long have
you been crazy?"  "I went crazy two years ago."  Is the problem that
you assume a crazy person is no longer capable of rational speech?

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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