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Okay guys, I guess each one of us has found his own pot of gold here in this thread. Russian speakers found the English language not as flat as it may be thought of, English speakers made another...

My interest here is simple. I want to deepen my knowledge of English (and amuse myself a little) and I guess this issue is going to help me. There's definitely some interesting points here. I think...

Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance оставлю.
Что характерно, перевод "оставлю" is perfective (future imperfective would be "буду оставлять")....

Sure thing, take as much time as you need.
I don't think any of the perfective/imperfective rules are going to change till tomorrow ;)

Oh okay Those times ... will you guess then which verbs are perfective in the famous Mercury's "Show must go on"?

A hint: there are only four of them, topped up with the two in the last verse...

1. Yes, exactly (well, 'not even once' sonds a bit off; it's more like just 'once' because perfective refers to a single action)
2. You were not supposed to GIVE ME A CALL (позвонила=once), you were...

Oh, btw. What you said about negatives might refer to this perfective-imperfective mutation in imperatives (orders, requests and stuff):

- Иди сюда
- Не ходи сюда (не иди сюда is wrong)

-...

Not denying any of the previous explanations, I'd like to add some of my thoughts on the subject.

Imperfective aspect does mean an ongoing action, we often use imperfective when we address...

No sweat, mate :hlop:

I dunno. No difference I guess. Either one is correct.

Yep.

RedFox

either?

Я не позвонила потому что не смогла.
vs
Я не звонила потому что не смогла.
?

Никак не объясню. Оба варианта допустимы.

They both perfectly fit into the basic concept of perfective and...