Re: Tense on Nouns

I never thought of it that way that it'd have that consequence. But I
suppose you're right and I really like that idea. Though at the same time,
the subject still maintains some sort of unity throughout.

Cheers and thanks for the insight!
B

It seems to me that you don't need both of them, at least mostly.
> Anyhow I think people who mark time on nouns get a different
> perspective from those who mark it on verbs. Perhaps it gives them a
> more continuous perspective. What we others do is to picture an event
> before we relate to it. That picture of the event is pretty much
> timeless, extracted from time. In the other point of view you have an
> emphasis on the entity the event happens to, an entity which is not
> timeless, but is subject to change, creation or annihilation any
> time. Somehow I wonder what would have been the effect if Greek
> marked tense on nouns in Plato's time...
>
> LEF
>
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