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Re: Verb tenses question

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 21, 1999, 2:40
taliesin the storyteller wrote:
> I've used inceptive as well, since inchoative seems more general and > ambiguous.
Inceptive indicates the beginning of an action, like "He started to run", and, AFAICT, inchoative is the same thing, but I'm not sure. -- "Old linguists never die - they just come to voiceless stops." - anonymous http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W.html http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor