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     P. 6, end of line 15 up, following languages, delete the closing parenthesis: )

     P. 13, line 14, for dont, read: don't

     P. 13, line 15 up, the example is less apt than this one: That she won has happened : It has happened that she won.

     P. 15, line 6 up, following plural of, read: a countable noun,

     P. 19, line 9 up, for (for, read: (often for

     P. 22, line 5, for as in, read: cf. also

     P. 27, line 14, for passive force, read: passive aspectuality

     P. 29, two examples (both correct) would be improved if changed thus:

--lines 9, 10, 12, 13, for appear, read: happen
--line 2 up, reorder example to: For them to leave is what I want.

     P. 33, line 14 up, for words in parentheses, read instead: (see n. 9)

     Additional comment on examples on p. 28, lines 8-9, viz.

--It can be looked into. (non-processual)
--It can get looked into some day. (processual)

     These examples are complicated, since the infinitive with auxiliary could has got the reversed force from what it has with can. See details in the author's Variation in the data: can linguistics ever become a science and in chap. 6 of Essays on time-based linguistic analysis.

     As the result of a slip of the finger, the "Biographical Note" at the end misreads: "Bibliographical Note." Aarrgghh!!

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