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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
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It was a washday Monday, and I’d just hung a load on the line when Tom Batts the postman come to the gate.
I guess the ‘come’ must be the past participle, and ‘had’ is omitted before it to avoid the repetition. Is my guessing right?
I guess the ‘come’ must be the past participle, and ‘had’ is omitted before it to avoid the repetition. Is my guessing right?
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I suggest instead that it is the speaker's dialect that is being produced: 'come' as simple past. It occurs among the less educated in the southern US, for example.
- I suggest instead that it is the speaker's dialect that is being produced: 'come' as simple past.
- It occurs among the less educated in the southern US, for example.
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I suggest instead that it is the speaker's dialect that is being produced: 'come' as simple past. It occurs among the less educated in the southern US, for example.
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No. The speaker just means when Tom Batts the postman came to the gate.
Using Simple Present instead of Simple Past is common in uneducated speech.
Clive
Using Simple Present instead of Simple Past is common in uneducated speech.
Clive
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Mister Micawberless educated
In her lines of the link, she says "poet’s mortem" for "postmortem." ; at first I just thought it means "poet's death" not her fault.
So the word 'come' has to be changed into "came," right?
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eipjooSo the word 'come' has to be changed into "came," right?No. Why would you change the author's writing?
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Mister MicawberNo. Why would you change the author's writing?Yes, I know what you mean. That was my careless words. I should have attached the word, grammatically. Thank you for your awakening.
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