Difference between revisions of "Habitual Aspect (definition)"

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- refers to something viewed as happening for a long time or repeating (iterative). In English this can be seen by using “used to” in the past tense. It can also be seen in the use of adverbials often and frequently.
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
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Revision as of 18:17, 13 November 2009

- refers to something viewed as happening for a long time or repeating (iterative). In English this can be seen by using “used to” in the past tense. It can also be seen in the use of adverbials often and frequently.

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References

Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.