Re: An Example in Comrie's "Tense"

Padraic Brown wrote:
>
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:50:16 +0200, Joachim Pense
> <spam-collector@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Peter T. Daniels:
> >
> >>
> >> ***
> >> So you don't actually want to discuss Comrie's example either?
> >
> >???
>
> Look up "petulance" in your dictionary. It seems Daniels doesn't want
> to discuss Comrie's example either, but also wants to lambaste us for
> "not discussing" it too.
>
> It's an example of pot calling the kettle and frying pan black, if you
> ask me.

I discussed it in my first reply. You chose to focus on the semantic
content of the example sentence rather than on the nuances of time
reference that Comrie was trying to investigate.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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