The textbook (following al-Farrāʾ and many Kūfans) treats absence of governors as an abstract governor. The Basran account emphasizes the imperfect’s ability to occur in a noun-like position. These are alternative analyses of the cause of indicative mood, not differing conjugation outcomes.
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Classical Explanations Differ
The Indicative Imperfect and Its Governor
The textbook (following al-Farrāʾ and many Kūfans) treats absence of governors as an abstract governor. The Basran account emphasizes the imperfect’s ability to occur in a noun-like position. These are alternative analyses of the cause of indicative mood, not differing conjugation outcomes.