http://www.twotreatises.org/972 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.twotreatises.org/972/comment-page-1#comment-722 admin Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:03:53 +0000 http://www.twotreatises.org/?p=972#comment-722 I remember being frustrated in high school that i learned more about verb tenses by learning Spanish than from any English class. I guess they assume it just comes naturally when you grow up with a language, but still I feel something was missing from my grammar education. I remember being frustrated in high school that i learned more about verb tenses by learning Spanish than from any English class. I guess they assume it just comes naturally when you grow up with a language, but still I feel something was missing from my grammar education.

]]> http://www.twotreatises.org/972/comment-page-1#comment-720 Adam Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:34:13 +0000 http://www.twotreatises.org/?p=972#comment-720 Which now that I think about it more sounds like the difference between simple past and the imperfect. Which now that I think about it more sounds like the difference between simple past and the imperfect.

]]> http://www.twotreatises.org/972/comment-page-1#comment-718 Adam Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:29:59 +0000 http://www.twotreatises.org/?p=972#comment-718 In Arabic class we just learned about the difference between saying I did something in the past once, versus saying I did something in the past on a regular basis. Like the difference between "I was a student in California (over a long period of time)" and "I ate the rice (yesterday)." In Arabic class we just learned about the difference between saying I did something in the past once, versus saying I did something in the past on a regular basis. Like the difference between “I was a student in California (over a long period of time)” and “I ate the rice (yesterday).”

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