long + past tense

Benjamin Barrett gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM
Mon Jul 23 21:54:01 UTC 2012


Even given the slow fade of the perfect, this seemed odd to me:

"Meanwhile, Democrats long gave up the messaging battle on guns." (http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/politics/obama-romney-guns/index.html)

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA
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