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   Hi Alexander -- on Aug 10 2019 at 12:33, you wrote:   
      
    DH>> horribly cumbersome way of saying, as you suggested, "used to   
    DH>> connected".   
      
   I should have said "used to connect" ... dunno where my mind was!   
      
   AK> Why? We have the exact time in the past (500 years ago). So, we can   
   AK> use the Past Indefinite (the Simple Past) if we speak of the real   
   AK> fact that the bridge connected two points at that time.   
      
   I don't know for sure, but I suspect that the presence of a land bridge x   
   years ago is still the subject of some debate.   
      
      
      
   Cheers... Dallas   
      
   --- timEd/NT 1.30+   
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