Re: latin verb examples and tense meanings

Raymond Brown scripsit:

> I guess for the same reason that, at least in Brit English, 'have been' is
> not infrequently used to mean 'have gone',e.g.
>
> Have you ever been to Paris?
> Has John been to the store yet?
> I've never been there in my life!
All perfectly normal Over Here as well.  But there is the
transatlantic conversation:

        Do you have many children?
        Oh no, only one a year.

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John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
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