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11-04-2009, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz View Post
I was reading a passage in the latest edition of The Alcalde, the magazine for alumni of The University of Texas. I came across a place where the author made a typo and used "has" instead of "had" ("d" and "s" are right next to each other on the keyboard). This is a perfect example of why the two are different.
God, I remember when learning Latin being utterly baffled with perfect tenses, and we horrified the teacher when we pointed out we had no idea what 'pluperfect' was in english either. Interesting thread Kyle.
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