Re:Turkish language has a gossip tense
by mda on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @04:00AM
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If you remove "some" and change it to mean that it is the "only" thing that conveys temporal information how does your initial argument hold? It is a tense, and all grammar books I have and see agrees that it is a tense. I am not a native speaker but I understand enough, but I get the impression that you are not a native Turkish speaker, That's fine, but then you may not have a complete grasp on something like this
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Re:Turkish language has a gossip tense
by marcellus23 on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @01:46PM
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> If you remove "some" and change it to mean that it is the "only" thing that conveys temporal information
That wouldn't be changing the meaning. I'm not continuing this conversation because 1) I don't want to argue about the subtleties of English grammar with someone who is not a native speaker, and 2) I don't want to argue about linguistics with someone who doesn't know linguistics (as proven by your pointing to "grammar books" for evidence that it's a tense).