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As a western US speaker, I think we would let idioms and other special cases override the grammatical interpretation you are stating. To me, "lived" is used me
by saltcured 1y ago
As a western US speaker, I think we would let idioms and other special cases override the grammatical interpretation you are stating.
To me, "lived" is used metaphorically so often that to say "I lived" or "I have lived" does not, by default, connote death. It just reflects on an especially vivacious moment.