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Subject: Re: [OM] Speaking of paradigms [was The fate of the Universe [wasIMG: Friday Flower, sort of ...]]
From: "Jez Cunningham" <jez.cunningham@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:12:56 +0000
Moose's use of the future conditional seemed correct to me. Of course your 
present conditional was also perfection!
Jez

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From: Chris Barker
Sent:  14/11/2009 22:36:09
Subject:  Re: [OM] Speaking of paradigms [was The fate of the Universe  
[wasIMG: Friday Flower, sort of ...]]

Of course, Moose, if only it were possible to be more perfect, perfection being 
an absolute state.

Chris
;-)

Strictly, that should be, "if I were to use verbs in only the perfect tense ... 
would I be a more perfect person?"

On 14 Nov 2009, at 20:21, Moose wrote:

> Chris Barker wrote:
>> Now you're just taking the mick, Meester Feeldes :-)
>> 
>> It's neither.  It's a gerund, a verb in the noun form, but in the perfect 
>> tense.
>> 
> 
> So if I only use verbs in the perfecrt tense (after (re)learning what it 
> is), will I be a more perfect person?

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