preterit
/pret-er-it/US // ˈprɛt ər ɪt //
前言,前提,前置词,前提是
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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Grammar.
- : past.
- : a preterit tense.
- : a verb form in this tense.
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : Grammar. noting a past action or state.
- : Archaic. bygone; past.
Examples
The passive voice is formed by joining the participle preterit to the substantive verb, as I am loved.
Our verbs are observed by Dr. Wallis to be irregular only in the formation of the preterit, and its participle.
If did is itself a contraction of doed, the regular preterit, which is probable, whence comes ed in this word?
Grammarians allege that the termination of the regular preterit tense, ed, is a corruption of did.
The verbal forms in-ara and-iera were used then as now as the equivalent of the pluperfect or the preterit indicative.
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