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Sundarnaz Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Definite article

Do the names of the tenses carry the definite article? I have seen it's being used on some sites.

Examples, in case I couldn't express myself well.

'The simple past tense' or 'simple past tense'.

Thanks.

  

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sundarnaz Do the names of the tenses carry the definite article? They usually do. One exception I can think of is when the name of a tense is used adverbially: 'Jesus wept' is a past tense construction.

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  • sundarnaz Do the names of the tenses carry the definite article?
  • They usually do.
  • One exception I can think of is when the name of a tense is used adverbially: 'Jesus wept' is a past tense construction.
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sundarnazDo the names of the tenses carry the definite article?

They usually do.

One exception I can think of is when the name of a tense is used adverbially:

'Jesus wept' is a past tense construction.

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