long + past tense

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 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)

Yet another nail in the coffin of English as those of us born Before
The War know it. <sigh!>

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