I have related it in the
past tense, but the present would be the fitter form, for again and again the somber tragedy reenacts itself in my consciousness--over and over I lay the plan, I suffer the confirmation, I redress the wrong.
I make mention of the race, as of the Yorkshire schoolmasters, in the
past tense. Though it has not yet finally disappeared, it is dwindling daily.
By the way, the questions were all written in the
past tense. What was the colour of Mother's eyes, and so on.
"They're not in the
past tense," retorted Aunt Jamesina.
"What do you mean by speaking of the Judgment Day in the
past tense?"
I have to speak of him in the
past tense, for gone is Oliver from the Gardens (gone to Pilkington's) but he is still a name among us, and some lordly deeds are remembered of him, as that his father shaved twice a day.
{60} Here the writer, knowing that she is drawing (with embellishments) from things actually existing, becomes impatient of
past tenses and slides into the present.
* iolchned: the
past tense of the obsolete verb 'oluhne', to flatter;
figure By PHILIP OCHIENG As with other English verbs with UR endings, to occur ndash to take place ndash is turned into its simple past form (occurred) simply by doubling the R in the last syllable and appending the usual simple
past tense letters ed.
The government said it may be noted that what has already been done is described by the words in the
past tense, that is, the government "has already shared" the price details with the CAG.
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Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel" by Lee Child; Delacorte Press; 400 pages