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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/1/2022 12:10 PM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:luis.chaparro@web.de">luis.chaparro@web.de</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Maybe I've found the source of misunderstanding. When you say in English *Yesterday I ate at 2 pm*, does it mean that at 2 pm you have already eaten?</pre>
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<p>No. It means that the eating occurred at 2 pm, but doesn't say
anything about when eating was completed. Without any further
context, one would assume that the eating <i>started</i> at 2 pm,
but it's not literally saying that. You're taking your finger,
pointing at 2 pm, and saying that that is when you ate. You're not
discussing how long it took you to eat it or when you started or
stopped eating. 2 pm is treated like a durationless point in which
the action occurred, even if the action is not literally
instantaneous.<br>
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