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Old 16-Sep-2005, 05:39
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Default Re: Tense repair and phonetics

I'm not entirely sure I get the drift of the statement. If he means that we are more likely to use past forms where they vary from the present, than ones that change less, or don't change, then I'm not sure I agree with it- it sounds a bit of a sweeping claim, though I may have missed his point.
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