apologies for getting your name wrong!--I'm not sure where to lay the blame
on this one! Cleverly conflating Bruce and Despain, my colleague Michael
says.
Edith

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Despain [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 11:58 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: tense in the auxiliary


Yes.

I guess this competence/performance dichotomy is ubiquitous.


>>> [log in to unmask] 11/07/01 12:06PM >>>
Brain, did you mean that "are sitting" is present progressive aspect rather
than present perfect aspect?
Edith



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