Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Ruth:

On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Ruth Mathys <ruth_mathys AT sil.org> wrote:

Karl,

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BTW you can use the English future perfect to refer to the past:

A: What time is Donna's flight due in?
B: 10 minutes ago.
A: Oh, then she'll have already got back by now.

This is an example of incorrect use of English language, which has become so common. I think it also indicates sloppiness of thought, examples given also in the use of “their” for “they’re”, “loose” for “lose”, the use of the plural “they”, “them” and “their” for what grammatically should be “he”, “him” and “his”. The correct use would have the final sentence in your example as, “Oh, then she should have already gotten back by now.”

Along with sloppy use of language, I often see logical fallacies. 

There's some modal nuance in there, but that's why it's called TAM --
because the three strands are so difficult to separate in practice.


Ruth

Karl W. Randolph.