Duration in English
Subtitle: A Basic Choice, Illustrated in Comparison With Dutch (Topics in English Linguistics)
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: January 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9783110129212
Subjects: Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure; Grammar, Comparative; English Grammar; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Dutch; English; Language; Tense; Grammar; Dutch Language; English language
First sentence: Before a comparison between the uses of the present perfect in English and in Dutch can profitably be undertaken, this verb form must first be identified as to its tense and meaning.