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

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