Martin's Criticism Of Having A Stop Option In A Recursive System

Martin (2013: 73-4):

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To be clear, the point of having a stop option in a recursive loop is that it provides the only means of stopping the recursion. A recursive loop that does not include a stop option obligatorily goes on forever. 

Misunderstanding The Realisation Of Tense In English

 Martin (2013: 72):

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To be clear, in the English TENSE system, the elements of the logical structure are not the individual words. Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 398, 399):

… it is the logical structure that embodies the single most important semantic feature of the English verb, its recursive tense system, and the elements of the logical structure are not the individual words but certain rather more complex elements.