August 30th, 2009

Reverse meta model: Time Presuppositions

Here’s another simple presupposition. This one has to do with time.

Subordinate Clauses of Time

Like these: before, after, during, as, since, prior, while, yet, now, again

I have noticed that as people practice they gain greater fluency.

While kids text constantly their attention is bifurcated.

When you find friends who stand by you when the going is hard, cherish them.

She rode the horse which sold for the highest price that year again.

It’s Tuesday. Has the guy that always wears cowboys boots comes in yet?

After you read this you will find you want to use these skills daily.

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  1. [...] Subordinate Clauses of Time/Presupposition  |  “Before”:  I was just thinking, when I woke up, that before I wrote this post, I should flip through my Google Reader and get that that out of the way since I do that for a finite period of time (15 min.) vs. writing a post, which is not a set period of time. [...]


  2. [...] Monday, I talked about subordinate clauses of time, like “before.”  I referenced Doug O’brien’s Blog to do so.  His post was only about that, which he called time presuppositions.  There, he lists [...]

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