Re: [tied] Re: Ablaut, hi-conjugation, stress alternation, etc

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From: Richard Wordingham

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 7:58 PM

Subject: [tied] Re: Ablaut, hi-conjugation, stress alternation, etc

--- In cybalist@... s.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@ ...>
wrote:

For punctuality, try 'I shall read the street name carefully next time
I'm there.'. 'I shall be reading the street name carefully next time
I'm there' would be unusual, though it might be appropriate if one had
to puzzle out what was written.

Richard.

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Certainly, the 'carefully' suggests perfectivity.

But why should we be constrained to interpret this punctually? 'next time I'm there' seems to me to merely set the time frame for the action, whether considered as a whole or having duration.

 

Patrick

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