3 May
2022
3 May
'22
8:55 a.m.
On 5/3/2022 8:40 AM, D qunen'oS wrote:
During the previous summer, I never/always ate pizza. (I'm describing specific instances of (not) pizza-eating, so this is perfective) During the previous summer, I would never/always eat pizza. (I'm describing a tendency to (not) eat pizza, so this is imperfective)
Would you agree with the above?
The first one is perfective /if/ you're describing specific instances of eating or not eating pizza, but the English doesn't necessarily mean that. /I always/never eat pizza/ COULD mean the same thing as /I would always/never eat pizza,/ so its perfectiveness is ambiguous outside of context. However, /I would always/never eat pizza/ is unambiguously imperfective. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name