Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Where has HAVE gone? I am a biologist, having evolutionary theory as the basis of my science. My late wife, Lenora, was a linguist with its own theory of evolution. When I complained about some language variant, Such as, "Where is the station AT?", (I worked abroad nine years and had never heard such), She gently reminded me that we both each 'have' our own form of evolution. Yes, she was correct, but how might she react to the loss of 'have' now? The tenses of 'to have', are 'have' (present), 'had' (past) and 'have had' (past participle): FOR 'They have gone to the store' NOW resolves to 'They ' gone to the store'. OR ' I have seen that many times' BECOMES 'I ' seen that many times'. OR from a black announcer (on NPR!), 'What do you seen?' FOR 'What have you seen?'. I find this a new, innovative variation with our English language-- Do listen for this, just for fun, and watch to hear you utter it yourself! Frank Maurer 9 September 2024 1745 Hours.