Universal #478

Legacy number: 478

 Number  476
 Original  There are never more tense distinctions in progressive than in non-progressive.
 Standardized  IF there are tense distinctions in progressive, THEN there will be as least as many tense distinctions in non-progressive.
 Keywords  tense, aspect, progressive, non-progressive
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Blansitt 1975
 Source  Blansitt 1975: 30

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