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Default A year's time

On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:35:37 -0500, Tony Cooper
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It produces tubers that resemble potatoes. These fall to the ground
and start a new plant. I have pick up literally hundreds from the
yard in a year's time because I have a wooded area that's part of the
property.


To me, "a year's time" means 4 Nov 2014.

But you used the present tense, suggesting that you are picking them up now,
rather than in a year's time.


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