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Date: | Tue, 1 May 2001 14:47:17 -0800 |
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'He said that Mary had done that.'
Often, you get tense agreement between a matrix and subordinate clause:
So 'he said that she had done that' could be reflecting this tense
agreement rather than the tense/aspect qualities of Mary's action.
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