Universal #1437

Legacy number: 1437

 Number  1433
 Original  The presence of the perfect almost always implies the presence of the plusquamperfect.
 Standardized  IF there is perfect, THEN there will be pluperfect.
 Formula  perfect ⇒ plusquamperfect
 Keywords  tense, perfect, pluperfect
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Serebrennikov 1974: 301

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