Neil wanted to post this long comment probably here but unfortunately he has been banned permanently for disputes of little interest (at least to me) about the OT.
I report the Neil's remark that also I have noted thanks to Bruno Bauer (though Neil doesn't mention strangely Bruno Bauer in the his post as if it was a motive of embarrassment):
I report the Neil's remark that also I have noted thanks to Bruno Bauer (though Neil doesn't mention strangely Bruno Bauer in the his post as if it was a motive of embarrassment):
If Paul was using the past tense simply because he is talking about past events, it is nonetheless awkward to speak of a situation that still exists at the time of writing itself to also have been a past event — as if it is no longer applicable to the present. We don’t speak of last week’s debate by saying Trump debated Biden “who was (formerly) the president”.
Statistics: Posted by Giuseppe — Sat Jun 29, 2024 8:01 pm