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... tenses of verbs . The ordinary way of making plurals is to add -s to the singular . Now s is a surd mute . Add s to a noun ending in a surd sound , e.g. pat , and the result can be ... tense of verbs when an 48 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... tenses of verbs . The ordinary way of making plurals is to add -s to the singular . Now s is a surd mute . Add s to a noun ending in a surd sound , e.g. pat , and the result can be ... tense of verbs when an 48 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... tense as if it were written with a surd t , walkt . The same thing happens with such words as slap , hiss , cuff , in which we write slapped , hissed , cuffed , but give these forms the sound of slapt , hisst , cufft . ( 2 ) Our natural ...
... tense as if it were written with a surd t , walkt . The same thing happens with such words as slap , hiss , cuff , in which we write slapped , hissed , cuffed , but give these forms the sound of slapt , hisst , cufft . ( 2 ) Our natural ...
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... Tense , Number , Person . As inflexions have almost entirely disappeared from English verbs , we have recourse to auxiliary verbs and pronouns to express these differences . Amaverimus , ama- bimur are inflexions of the Latin verb amo ...
... Tense , Number , Person . As inflexions have almost entirely disappeared from English verbs , we have recourse to auxiliary verbs and pronouns to express these differences . Amaverimus , ama- bimur are inflexions of the Latin verb amo ...
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... tenses therefore are not passive , though they look as if they were . In ' I am injured , ' ' You were beaten , ' the participles injured and beaten are passive : in ' I am come , ' ' You are arrived , ' the participles come and arrived ...
... tenses therefore are not passive , though they look as if they were . In ' I am injured , ' ' You were beaten , ' the participles injured and beaten are passive : in ' I am come , ' ' You are arrived , ' the participles come and arrived ...
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... Tense : a tense which is expressed by the help of an auxiliary verb is called a Compound Tense . English verbs contain only two simple tenses in the Indica- INFLEXIONS OF VERBS . 139.
... Tense : a tense which is expressed by the help of an auxiliary verb is called a Compound Tense . English verbs contain only two simple tenses in the Indica- INFLEXIONS OF VERBS . 139.
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