Additional thought. The English language is a fucking mess. I'm surprised we can communicate at all with all the nonsense nouns, adverbs and such. In collitch I wrote one essay a week for eleven weeks. I received 11 A-'s. Your comment was written on top of each essay by Professor Imelda Cannon. On my final essay she wrote, "Mike, I will hunt you down and kill you if you don't pursue a career in writing." THE END
You may think it a trivial and pedantic matter, but, underlying, is the loss of the distinction between the simple past and the present perfect, which impoverishes the expressive power of language.
Groovy, but you missed the fun, you missed the peace. Tragic. As it turns out I didn't need your like to get to three likes to continue TRASH DAY Thursdays. Ideas are already generating for next TRASH DAY.
My count down to retirement was based on how many trash days left to get there.
Let’s review the principle parts of the verb ‘take’: I take, I took, I have taken.
Additional thought. The English language is a fucking mess. I'm surprised we can communicate at all with all the nonsense nouns, adverbs and such. In collitch I wrote one essay a week for eleven weeks. I received 11 A-'s. Your comment was written on top of each essay by Professor Imelda Cannon. On my final essay she wrote, "Mike, I will hunt you down and kill you if you don't pursue a career in writing." THE END
Worse, is the use of the perfect and pluperfect interchangeably, thus erasing the relationship of events occurring in the past.
I'm not that bored.
You may think it a trivial and pedantic matter, but, underlying, is the loss of the distinction between the simple past and the present perfect, which impoverishes the expressive power of language.
Groovy, but you missed the fun, you missed the peace. Tragic. As it turns out I didn't need your like to get to three likes to continue TRASH DAY Thursdays. Ideas are already generating for next TRASH DAY.