Past tense in passing

Fabio Blanco longtom at oeste.com.ar
Thu Jul 27 03:34:57 CEST 2000


I'm feel you both are wright... So, c'mon, best if we finish this topic just
now. The sketch WAS a tribute not an offense...

Fabio
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Bonvolu postu al: longtom at oeste.com.ar

>>We American speakers often use the past tense, with emphasis, by
>>default when asking questions of that nature. I'm not sure why this
>
>BHC:
>
>I agree.  It reminds me of how the old Lone Ranger episodes ended where
after he rode off  someone would ask, "Who WAS that masked man?"  He is
still alive and presumably masked, but is no longer present on the scene.
>
>Tryg
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