The Grammarian My Mother Warned Me About (we need a shorter name for her) has also said this, back when I was complaining about getting my tenses straight. (I was talking about things in the distant past, and then the less distant past, and finally in the present; I knew I was being a bit inconsistent in places, but it sounded awkward when I went to the trouble of being perfect.)
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Date: 2009-07-16 06:48 pm (UTC)From: