long + past tense

[Dan Goncharoff]

I think that horse is long gone from the stable.
DanG


On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
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> > Even given the slow fade of the perfect, this seemed odd to me:
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> > "Meanwhile, Democrats long gave up the messaging battle on guns." =
> > (http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/politics/obama-romney-guns/index.html)
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> Yet another nail in the coffin of English as those of us born Before
> The War know it. <sigh!>
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