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5.122 Tenses generally
| » Verbs » Properties of Verbs 5.122 Tenses generally Tense shows the time in which an act, state, or...modern grammarians hold that English has no future tense; see 5.125 .) Each division of time includes...a perfect tense that indicates a comparatively more remote time: present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect.... |
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5.126 Present perfect tense
| » Verbs » Properties of Verbs 5.126 Present perfect tense The present perfect tense is formed by using...clothes} {it has been a long day} . The present perfect is distinguished from the past tense because it... tense, by contrast, indicates a more specific or a more remote time in the past.... |
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5.125 Future tense
| » Verbs » Properties of Verbs 5.125 Future tense The future tense is formed by using will with the... tense at all — that will is simply a modal verb that should be treated with all the others. 6 Yet...the future tense remains a part of traditional grammar and is discussed here in the familiar way. 6. Trask, Language , 60.... |
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5.124 Past tense
| » Verbs » Properties of Verbs 5.124 Past tense The past tense is formed by inflection (see 5.98 ); the... |
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5.127 Past perfect tense
| » Verbs » Properties of Verbs 5.127 Past perfect tense The past perfect (or pluperfect) tense is formed... |
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5.123 Present tense
| » Verbs » Properties of Verbs 5.123 Present tense The present tense is the infinitive verb’s stem, also...action in literature, the present perfect tense is helpful {Hamlet, who has spoken with his father’s... |
[16th ed.]
5.128 Future perfect tense
| » Verbs » Properties of Verbs 5.128 Future perfect tense The future perfect tense is formed by using... |
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13.12 Integrating tenses and pronouns
| » Quotations in Relation to Text » Assimilation into the Surrounding Text 13.12 Integrating tenses and...pronouns In quoting verbatim, writers need to integrate tenses and pronouns into the new context... |
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5.114 Five properties of verbs
| » Verbs » Properties of Verbs 5.114 Five properties of verbs A verb has five properties: voice, mood, tense, person, and number.... |
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5.98 Regular and irregular verbs
| » Verbs » Definitions 5.98 Regular and irregular verbs The past-tense and past-participle forms of most.... The various inflections of strong verbs defy simple classifications, but many past-tense and past...past tense and past participle, but when it means “to offer a greeting” it forms bade and bidden... |
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