 Of the Tenses. TENSE, being the distinction of time, might seem to admit only of the present, past, and future; b.ut to mark it more accurately, it is made to consist of six variations, viz. the PRESENT, the IMPERFECT, the PERFECT, the PLUPERFECT, and...  English Grammar, with an Improved Syntax - Page 52by J. M. Putnam - 1831 - 162 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Gilchrist - English language - 1824 - 290 pages
...time, might seem to admit only of the present, past, and future ; but to mark it more accurately, it is made to consist of six variations, viz. the PRESENT,...PERFECT, the PLUPERFECT, and the FIRST and SECOND FUTURE TENSES" ! ! ! Others, still more moderate, are content with half this number ; and insist only on three... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 314 pages
...present, past, and future ; but to mark it more accurately, it is made to consist of six Tarintions, viz. the PRESENT, the IMPERFECT, the PERFECT, the PLUPERFECT, and the FIRST and SECOND FUTURE TENSES. The Present Tense represents an action or event, . as passing at the time in which it is mentioned... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1826 - 126 pages
...ETYMOLOGY. ft/ 29 y A to admit only of the present, past, and future; hut to mark it more accurately, it is made to consist of six variations, viz. the Present,...Perfect, the Pluperfect, and the First and Second Future Tenses. The present tense, preceded hy the words when, hefore, after, as soon as, &c. is sometimes... | |
 | Manasseh Robbins - English language - 1826 - 78 pages
...Tense is the distinction of Time made by verbs. They have six variations to distinguish Time, called The Present, the Imperfect, the Perfect, the Pluperfect, and the First and Second Future Tenses. Ex. Present, He loves study : Imperfect, He loved it: ) . Perfect, He has loved it: } P. Pluperfect,... | |
 | John March Putnam - Textbooks - 1828 - 200 pages
...or volitions of the mind. And considered in this light, it is as evidently a present tense, as (he expression I expect, or I intend, to do a thing. There...time, is made to consist of six variations ; viz ; the j>'.cs«nf, the imperfect the perfect, the pluperfect, and the first and second future. The Present... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1828 - 128 pages
...of mood." Editor. to admit only of the present, past, and future; but to mark it more accurately, it is made to consist of six variations, viz. the Present,...Perfect, the Pluperfect, and the First and Second Future Tenses. The Present Tense represents an action or event, as passing at the time in which it is mentioned;... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 814 pages
...time, might seem to admit only of the present, past, and future ; but to mark it more accurately, it is made to consist of six variations, viz. the present,...perfect, the pluperfect, and the first and second future tenses !' Others, still more moderate, are content with half this number; and insist only on three... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1829 - 120 pages
..." Having finished his work, he submitted it ;» &c. nr«*» tVirPO "Partirinloc tliA "Prflconf- OF made to consist of six variations, viz. the Present,...Perfect, the Pluperfect, and the First and Second Future Tenses. The Present Tense represents an action or event, as passing at the time in which it ia mentioned... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 128 pages
...of mood." Editor. to admit only of the present, past, and future; but to mark it more accurately, it is made to consist of six variations, viz. the Present,...Perfect, the Pluperfect, and the First and Second Future Tenses. The Present Tense represents an action or event, as passing at the time in which it is mentioned;... | |
 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - English language - 1830 - 124 pages
...the present, past, and future ; but to mark it more accu(JUESTIONS. rately, it is made to consist (1) of six variations, viz. the Present, the Imperfect,...Perfect, the Pluperfect, and the First and Second Future Tenses. The Present Tense (2) represents an action or event as passing at the time in which it is mentioned... | |
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