Re: Where *IS* Tom?
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Re: Where *IS* Tom?

From: Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btopenworld.com>
Date: Wed Dec 14 2005 - 12:23:33 CET

Joe Peschel wrote:

> Mike Amling <nospam@icic.gov.ir> wrote in
> news:LFInf.915$Ql1.609@chiapp18.algx.net:
>
>
>>Luc The Perverse wrote:
>>
>>>While we are at it, we should get rid of pesky tenses like the
>>>subjunctive,
>>
>> While English, by my count, has 14 tenses,
>
>
> I count only six tenses, Mike.

This English for foreigners website lists 12 tenses. There may be others.
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

Andrew Swallow
Received on Fri Dec 23 20:10:11 2005