On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, alexander koryagin wrote to All:   
      
    ak> -----Beginning of the citation-----   
    ak>     Harry followed his gaze up the carefully tended front path and   
    ak> felt his heart sink. The front door was hanging off its hinges.   
    ak> -----The end of the citation-----   
      
    ak> Why sink -- not sank?   
      
   his heart is currently sinking... it had not sank yet and it was not already   
   sunk... yes, it is a tense thing... it was happening in the present...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   One of the great tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a   
   gang of brutal facts. --Benjamin Franklin   
      
   --- FMail/Win32 1.60   
    * Origin:  (1:3634/12.71)