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- noun Plural form of
tense . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
tense .
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Examples
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Were you to return (the ‘proper’ use of verb tenses is on the wane) in 100 years’ time (as is the ‘correct’ use of apostrophes), - you wouldn’t understand a word, but it would still be English.
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Were you to return (the ‘proper’ use of verb tenses is on the wane) in 100 years’ time (as is the ‘correct’ use of apostrophes), - you wouldn’t understand a word, but it would still be English.
Two letters 2009
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Were you to return (the ‘proper’ use of verb tenses is on the wane) in 100 years’ time (as is the ‘correct’ use of apostrophes), - you wouldn’t understand a word, but it would still be English.
Two letters 2009
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And he managed to explain tenses in such a way that I understood for the first time (though don’t test me on the terms like “past perfect”).
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2008
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Morton tenses, which is harder than you think for a skeleton.
Blood Lite II: Overbite Kevin J. Anderson 2010
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_Tempora_, the tenses, that is the conjugations of the verb, were probably local productions of a simple nature which never found their way into print.
The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London 1901
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"You start missing free throws and you start missing shots, everyone gets pressing, everyone kind of tenses up," Hawes said.
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"You start missing free throws and you start missing shots, everyone gets pressing, everyone kind of tenses up," Hawes said.
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"tenses" that you continue to skirt around and ignore. quote:
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"tenses" that you continue to skirt around and ignore. quote:
Time Warp Latest Posts hay_man77 2008
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