Placetown and Machinville are sister cities in England and France.

Indeed, [Thomas] Givón (1994: 323) suggests the habitual is a 'hybrid modality', sharing some features of realis (higher assertive certainty) and some of irrealis ('lack of specific temporal reference; lack of specific evidence; …').

My youngest child is forty-three this year.

In the cold light of day, I felt I had overreacted.