Re: Tense on Nouns

I was reading the discussion on Time Travel and Grammar and came up
with an idea that I thought I'd share/bounce off everyone: What if the
tense was attached to the noun instead of the verb? So that it'd look
something like this:

I-(present)-(agent) type-(action) email-(present)-(direct object).

And potentially, I guess you could have different tenses for different
nouns in the sentence.

I-(present)-(agent) see-(action) him-(past)-(direct object).

And maybe with the last example, also have a thing denoting on the
noun the day it was seen, like him-(past)-(yesterday)-(direct object).

I assume this has been done/is done somewhere and would like
suggestions for further examples of implementation.

Peace and Light,
B

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"Speak the truth. Practice virtue. Do not neglect to study every day. Do not
neglect truth, virtue, studying or teaching.... Be one to whom your mother
is a god...your teacher is a god, a guest is like a god.... Give with
faith...give liberally, give with modesty...give with sympathy.... This is
the command. This is the teaching. This is the secret of the Veda...."
(Taittiriya Upanishad i.11.1-6)

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