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From: rh@mit-eddie.UUCP (Randy Haskins)
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 8-Jan-84 02:29:23 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan  8 02:29:23 1984
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On the subject of foreign tenses...

When I learned Spanish, I was told "for the past tense, when in
doubt, use the imperfect."  Preterite is used minimally, the 
perfect is used about twice as much, I suppose.

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Randwulf  (Randy Haskins);  Path= genrad!mit-eddie!rh