I Hate the Past Tense

[zingerella]

I especially hate the perfective aspect. If things must take place in the past, let them be continuative, let them be open-ended, let them be imperfective. Let them speak not of things finished but of things begun and things ongoing. It would even be o.k. if they were conditional, or mood-altered and subjunctive, if the statement were "this would

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[poldy]

In Latin, the perfect has two aspects, which in Greek are represented by the aorist and the perfect. The aorist aspect is closed. The perfect aspect describes a state of affairs that is completed in the past but still effects the present.

Don't know if that helps, but it may.

[zingerella]

It's the aorist that I truly loathe. (Always have, despite having appreciated its clarity and utility, back in the day.)

Mind you, right now I'm not so fond of the lingering effects, either.

Perspective is often helpful.

[human_loser]

lovely userpic!

I'm sorry the tenses are making you tense...

It shall pass, it shall, it shall.

[zingerella]

Thanks. I'm all about the billowing skirts and streaming hair.

Also, shipwrecks.

I know it will pass. I know I'll be fine. I'm mildly disgusted with myself for the amount of moping that I seem to be doing, but I also know that one has to get through the moping and the sadness and the seemingly innocuous statements whose very syntax is a knife twisting in one's ribs to come out the other side, wounds healed cleanly, lessons learned, and thankful for the memories.

[human_loser]

don't be disgusted with youself for your feelings! Feelings are Awesome!

I know you know, sometimes it's good to hear things you already know.

Or read, as the case may be...

[morgoid]

I just HAD to post this icon!

Yeah... I'm always amazed at how words (even seemingly innocuous ones) can totally and sometimes unintentionally MURDER. I collect nasty phrases like some people collect stamps--I wish I was better at praising people, but my talent seems to lie in nasty one-liners.