for resorting to temporal understandings of a spatial concept.14 Since aspect is about viewpoint, it is a spatial concept, viewing activities and actions either internally or externally. Fifth, all scholars agree that Greek exhibits at least two aspects: perfective and imperfective. The Greek aorist is perfective in aspect, while present and imperfect tense-forms are imperfective in aspect. But the other tense-forms are debated, so to that debate we now turn. The most significant area of disagreement
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