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Languages and Linguistics

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5. Interesting

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 02:44 PM

Jun 2012

And yet in all Romance languages and English we use the present tense go with the infinitive to imply future tense.

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Isn't there some law in linguistics that says words tend to evolve toward whatever is [View all] raccoon May 2012 OP

Not a named one, as far as I know. Igel May 2012 #1

Language change is a battle between laziness and comprehensibility. Odin2005 May 2012 #2

Nope, it's from Habere. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #4

Interesting Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #5

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