Uh, I just -- to me, it sounds much more like the difference between subjunctive and declarative (you know these words! bear with me!) than between past/present/future/etc., and this is what I meant. Like ... all verbs have tense and mood, so I -- honestly I do not even understand your Pinker paragraph. ;_;
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Uh, I just -- to me, it sounds much more like the difference between subjunctive and declarative (you know these words! bear with me!) than between past/present/future/etc., and this is what I meant. Like ... all verbs have tense and mood, so I -- honestly I do not even understand your Pinker paragraph. ;_;