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a corollary to this it follows that the length of the duration of the action is not the important thing but the perspective with which one regards it. A state or an action that lasted for five minutes may be and often is expressed by the imperfect, whereas another state that lasted for one or many centuries may be expressed in the preterite. If we regard the action of five minutes as it was in progress we have the imperfect, whereas a thousand years' duration may require the preterite if we regard the fact as a whole. Examples

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