The grammatical tense expressing actions which took place in the past.
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Examples for "preterite "
Examples for "preterite "
1 There are no preterite storytellers, Harry; remember that.
2 Thus Ya enters into the future tense, and Zi in the preterite of all verbs requiring auxiliaries.
3 Thus, in all verbs the preterite and the past participle were the same and ended in -ED.
4 And in the preterite of the same verb, mattara, he has taken it away: mattaratit, he has taken it away from thee.
5 How can one tell the story of the finish in cold-blooded preterites ?
1 One was that sensation of flying, as they whirled through snowy parks and along Riverside drive, past historic places and world-famous buildings.
1 Sylvia heard, or thought-hoped-sheheard , aslightstress on the past tense .
2 By the way, the questions were all written in the past tense .
3 All that I say in this paper is in a paulo- past tense .
4 But perhaps that last sentence should now be in the past tense .
5 I don't know why I'm referring to it in the past tense .
1 "I fear not; I fear that it is rather praeterite than practical."
1 The past or preterit tense of Arise.
2 In life, as in (that for him more truly actual thing) literature, it was always the preterit that enthralled him.
3 "I should say I used to be, if you hadn't objected to my perfects and preterits . "
4 "Pynchon keeps bleating about the preterit , right?"
5 ; 277), the preterit of Eat.
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