Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/18

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Subject: Re: Help with German and French translation
From: Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@a1.nl>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 08:48:10 +0000
 
On 17 Jun 97 at 13:03, aglang@sprynet.com wrote:

> "have been taken by my father" is in the perfect tense, implying a completed 
> action in the past.
> "were taken by my father" is in the imperfect tense, a past action not 
> necessarily completed.

Yep, I do feel the difference, but in this case (taking one photo) the 
difference is highly theoretical. 

 

- -- 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


<w.j.markerink@a1.nl>
[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]