Re: Why France is better than Wales

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:33:45 +0100, Lozzo <lozzo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Work in progress says...
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:07:12 +0200, des_just_passing_through@xxxxxxxx
(des_just_passing_through) wrote:

Ace <seesig@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

But it was your assertion that English only has two tenses to which I
was referring.

Which is entirely correct, of course.

*boggle*

Go on then, explain.

Oh please, don't encourage him.

<penny drops>

Oh it's that Des.

It's just I've been preparing a load of stuff on various tenses for a
student today so it piqued my interest.
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