Platoon deploys in front of platoon
Is ‘deploys’ below the plural of nominal ‘deploy’ or the present of verbal ‘deploy?’
The leading column turned and halted, platoon deploys in front of platoon until the whole procession made a solid flag of flame, and then from thousands of voices burst a mighty shout that filled the air like a crash of thunder, and sent the torches wavering.
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Koji from Japan Is ‘deploys’ below the plural of nominal ‘deploy’ No. It's the third-person singular form of the verb "deploy" in the present tense. The structure of the sentence is somewhat puzzling, though.
- Koji from Japan Is ‘deploys’ below the plural of nominal ‘deploy’ No.
- It's the third-person singular form of the verb "deploy" in the present tense.
- The structure of the sentence is somewhat puzzling, though.
- CJ
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Koji from JapanIs ‘deploys’ below the plural of nominal ‘deploy’
No. It's the third-person singular form of the verb "deploy" in the present tense.
0That is F. Scott Fitzgerald. "Deploys" is no mistake. You are seeing a genius at work. I see what he did, but I can hardly believe it. I sit in awe. He chose the present because the past would have made the description too static, and the participle, too mundane. This is extreme poetic license or instinctive writing.
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