Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It took us some time discussing this... we weren't sure what tense
> you were using. At first we thought it might be the past subjective,
> but after a while, we decided to coin a new tense: the vapor tense. ;-)
Actually, it's not new at all; there's already a quite established
terminology for that tense. It's called the prophetic past.
HTH.HAND.
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