English semantics

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say, tell

  • "say" takes as a required complement the utterance/thing said; the person told is optional
  • "tell" takes as a required complement the person told something; the utterance/thing said is optional

since, starting

  • "since" means something is still ongoing
  • "starting" doesn't mean it's still ongoing
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