Re:African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard Engli...
by racer-v on Saturday October 14, 2017 @12:22AM
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Incidentally Latin also employs a habitual verb form in the imperfect tense. For example the imperfect ambulabam (was walking): "He was walking to the store" can mean "He was in the habit of walking", perhaps more informally "he used to walk" or "he would walk".
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