Tense of OIDA

DEXROLL at aol.com DEXROLL at aol.com
Mon Jun 12 15:06:22 EDT 2000



In a message dated 6/11/00 3:20:18 PM, cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu writes:

<< This is in fact
not really a PAST so much as a PRESENT counterfactual condition, because
HDEIN, although technically a pluperfect, has the force of an imperfect,
since OIDA functions as a present tense. >>

Could you explain this to me?  I'm puzzled by the statement that OIDA
functions as a present tense.  Do you mean that OIDA always functions as a
present tense regardless of the form?
 

David Rollins



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