[B-Greek] Can the Imperfect not be Continuous? (ELEGEN)
David McKay
davidmckay52 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 15 16:27:58 EST 2010
G'day Daniel
Isn't that the historic present?
David McKay
On 16 December 2010 07:19, Daniel Buck <bucksburg at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Anyone who spends time listening to teenage girls converse is familiar with
> this
> phenomenon in English, the semi-transitive limited-declination past-tense
> usage
> of 'go':
>
> So right about then I'm talking to my friend, right? And she goes, "Look,
> I'm
> telling you--just say yes!"
> Then I go, "But--oh, how do I put it? He's, like, SO weird!"
>
> Daniel Buck
>
>
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