Re: [tied] PIE grammar made simple (1)

> Back in high school, they taught us that the preterite is

perfective,

> opposed to the imperfect forms. Whassup with this?
>
> Max

I think you (as did I) got taught wrong. But the teacher was only
teaching what he/she was taught to teach.

In America, grammar is NOT taught, and has not been for 50 years.