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... imperfect tenfe , .. the preter - perfect tenfe , the preter - pluperfect tense , the future imperfect tenfe , and the future perfect tense . Q. What is the present tense ? A. The prefent tense represents the action as now doing ...
... imperfect tenfe , .. the preter - perfect tenfe , the preter - pluperfect tense , the future imperfect tenfe , and the future perfect tense . Q. What is the present tense ? A. The prefent tense represents the action as now doing ...
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Daniel Fenning. Q. What is the ' preter - imperfect tense ? A. The preter - imperfect tenfe reprefents the action as partly done , but not quite finished ; as I Supped , that is , I was then at fupper . Q. What is the preter - perfect tense ...
Daniel Fenning. Q. What is the ' preter - imperfect tense ? A. The preter - imperfect tenfe reprefents the action as partly done , but not quite finished ; as I Supped , that is , I was then at fupper . Q. What is the preter - perfect tense ...
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... imperfect tense is ir- regular , the participle perfect is commonly ir- regular likewife ; and then it is fometimes the fame with that tenfe , as think , the present tense ; thought , the preter - imperfect tense ; thought , the ...
... imperfect tense is ir- regular , the participle perfect is commonly ir- regular likewife ; and then it is fometimes the fame with that tenfe , as think , the present tense ; thought , the preter - imperfect tense ; thought , the ...
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accent active verb Addifon adjective adverb agreeing auxiliary verbs becauſe caſe compound confifts confonant conftruction conjugated conjunction diphthong English expreffion exprefs faid fame fecond perfon fingular feems fenfe fentence ferves fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies filent fimple fingular number firſt foft fometimes fometimes uſed fore formed fpeak ftand ftantive noun fubftantive noun fuch fupplying the place future imperfect tenfe gender governed Grammar Honourable imperative mood indicative mood Infinitive Mood Interjections irregular King laft Latin words lefs letter likewife Lord loved manner meaning meaſure moft moſt neuter verb nominative cafe obferve oblique cafe paffion paffive verb participle perfect perfonal pronoun pluperfect plural number poffeffive pronoun pofitive Pope Potential Mood prefent tenfe prepofition Preter preter-imperfect tenfe Shakespear SING ſpeak Subjunctive Mood ſubſtantive Tenſe thefe theſe thing third perfon fingular third perfon plural thofe thoſe Thou three fyllables Trochee ufed uſed Verfes vowel