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... p . 1. What may be called our continuous present , " " I am reading , " affords a good instance of this greater precision . 2 Verschiedenheit des Menschlichen Sprachbaues , s . 284 . " ticular cases it attains a degree of precision which.
... p . 1. What may be called our continuous present , " " I am reading , " affords a good instance of this greater precision . 2 Verschiedenheit des Menschlichen Sprachbaues , s . 284 . " ticular cases it attains a degree of precision which.
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... present of the verb substantive and its imperfect " étais , " derived , as this latter is , from a different root . 6 English Language , p . 238 . Before proceeding to discuss the actual practice of the English CHAP . I. 9 BUSINESS OF ...
... present of the verb substantive and its imperfect " étais , " derived , as this latter is , from a different root . 6 English Language , p . 238 . Before proceeding to discuss the actual practice of the English CHAP . I. 9 BUSINESS OF ...
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... presents . When the auxiliaries " should " and " would applied for the purpose of expressing a subjunctive mood , they are , in fact , only contingent or hypo- thetical futures . When a man says , " I should " have caught the fever if I ...
... presents . When the auxiliaries " should " and " would applied for the purpose of expressing a subjunctive mood , they are , in fact , only contingent or hypo- thetical futures . When a man says , " I should " have caught the fever if I ...
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... present day , as exemplified above from Chalmers . I doubt very much whether the second is a perfectly clear ex- ample of the future use of " will ; " that is to say , whether Shakspere did not intend to convey some- thing more in ...
... present day , as exemplified above from Chalmers . I doubt very much whether the second is a perfectly clear ex- ample of the future use of " will ; " that is to say , whether Shakspere did not intend to convey some- thing more in ...
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... present purpose . 66 Nothing can be easier than to put cases in which the use of the two forms seems at first sight to be a matter of complete indifference . It is precisely because the shade which separates them is so slight that they ...
... present purpose . 66 Nothing can be easier than to put cases in which the use of the two forms seems at first sight to be a matter of complete indifference . It is precisely because the shade which separates them is so slight that they ...
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