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Milky wrote: MrPedantic wrote: Milky wrote: And your interpretation of 3 is of no value to the "general semantic meaning" of verb/aspect forms. Sorry, Milky, I don't quite catch your drift – what does it mean, to say that something is "of no value" to the "meaning" of something...

MrPedantic wrote: Milky wrote: And your interpretation of 3 is of no value to the "general semantic meaning" of verb/aspect forms. Sorry, Milky, I don't quite catch your drift – what does it mean, to say that something is "of no value" to the "meaning" of something else? MrP You catch...

Milky wrote: And your interpretation of 3 is of no value to the "general semantic meaning" of verb/aspect forms. Sorry, Milky, I don't quite catch your drift – what does it mean, to say that something is "of no value" to the "meaning" of something else? MrP

><< 1. I can't find a context for this one. 2. I've had a bad experience with my car. There's no way I'm going to pay to have it repaired again. That's it. We're through. "I usually go to work by car; but this week, I take the bus." The simple present in the second part expresses...