Moose's use of the future conditional seemed correct to me. Of course your
present conditional was also perfection!
Jez
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From: Chris Barker
Sent: 14/11/2009 22:36:09
Subject: Re: [OM] Speaking of paradigms [was The fate of the Universe
[wasIMG: Friday Flower, sort of ...]]
Of course, Moose, if only it were possible to be more perfect, perfection being
an absolute state.
Chris
;-)
Strictly, that should be, "if I were to use verbs in only the perfect tense ...
would I be a more perfect person?"
On 14 Nov 2009, at 20:21, Moose wrote:
> Chris Barker wrote:
>> Now you're just taking the mick, Meester Feeldes :-)
>>
>> It's neither. It's a gerund, a verb in the noun form, but in the perfect
>> tense.
>>
>
> So if I only use verbs in the perfecrt tense (after (re)learning what it
> is), will I be a more perfect person?
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