Tense matters

Tense matters

Tenses crop up in two ways in this issue, both inspired by readers' letters. The first referred to the use of the present perfect on both sides of the Atlantic, and DAVID CRYSTAL looks at that. The second is the puzzling ‘plupluperfect’, and VALERIE LAMBERT, BILL BROUGHTON and FRANK PALMER look...

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Veröffentlicht in:English today 1986-04, Vol.2 (2), p.28-30
Hauptverfasser: Crystal, David, Lambert, Valerie, Broughton, Bill, Palmer, Frank
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Tenses crop up in two ways in this issue, both inspired by readers' letters. The first referred to the use of the present perfect on both sides of the Atlantic, and DAVID CRYSTAL looks at that. The second is the puzzling ‘plupluperfect’, and VALERIE LAMBERT, BILL BROUGHTON and FRANK PALMER look at that.
ISSN:0266-0784
1474-0567
DOI:10.1017/S0266078400001978