From Dickens: David Copperfield, Chapter 37: "I had been thinking about it, day and night, ever since my aunt had astonished me." Reasonable and correct. Paul ________________________________ From: RALPH HUTSELL <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tue, December 21, 2010 1:02:06 PM Subject: Re: Bruce Despain, Mastering the Challenge If I were to believe all the hogwash he dishes out to me about the future, I shall have been being taken for a ride. ----- Original Message ----- >From: Brad Johnston >To: [log in to unmask] >Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 9:56 AM >Subject: Bruce Despain, Mastering the Challenge > > >Bruce Despain wrote: It is easy to make up such examples. > >OK, show us one. > >~~~~~ > >Brad had written:) It is written that there is no such thing as a correct >(i.e., reasonable) past perfect progressive. I challenge you to find one. I'll >bet you can't do it. > >.brad.21dec10. (Winter Solstice) >To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: >http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the >list" > >Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/To join or leave this LISTSERV list, >please visit the list's web interface at: >http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the >list" > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/