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Old March 17, 2017, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Perikles View Post
I'm not running - just trying to understand. There are strange things in English indeed, especially the negative of a past tense, where the past is expressed by did plus a present short infinitive: I did not run
You see, that happens to me when I write the affirmative form and later change my mind.

I wanted to point out the verbal use of conjunctions, including verbalized prepositions:

try and get
up and run away

That looks to me weirder than "encendido".
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