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Re: [Latejami] choice of tense-aspect default



MorphemeAddict@hidden.email wrote:
> 
> I feel that a more "natural and efficient" tense and aspect default would be 
> present-imperfective.  Do you have an objective reason for your choice of 
> default?
> 

I did not consider it an important issue, but I was (and still am) under
the impression that past-perfective is more common in written
materials.  However, even if that impression is wrong, I still don't see
a need to change the default.


Regards,

Rick Morneau
http://www.eskimo.com/~ram