Re: USAGE: gotten, boughten

Quoting Eli Ewing <CelticSlim@...>:

> Still, it says here that "was going," "used to go," and "went" are all
> forms of imperfect past, and that "was going" is the "past continuous"
> construction, i.e., one specific imperfect form.
Says where? Whatever you're reading, it's wrong.  The simple past
(aka preterite) has no set aspect to it, although the tendency is
to use it for aorist functions.

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