tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 03 14:56:30 1999

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Re: Definition of Aspect



In a message dated 3/1/1999 11:15:05 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:

<< Pretty much the same. Still, so long as you don't consider this 
 to be the meaning relating to TENSE, which gives you the time 
 setting at which the aspect tells you whether or not the action 
 is complete, I see no problem here. You apparently don't 
 understand time stamps. >>
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Nowhere did I imply in any manner that I was talking about tense, referring to
tense, relating to tense.  YOU are reading stuff in that just is not there.

As for time stamps, I posted an example of Mandarin sentences in response to
your request.  These time stamps were absolutely accurate for Chinese.  Please
explain clearly where you are coming from.

peHruS



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