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Hasvi Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Please explain about English phrases' condition
Being tried, I went to bed.
In the sentence above I used phrase with past tense. Can you explain me about the tense with phrases. Shall we use it with all tenses?
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hasvi Being tired , I went to bed. The words "being tired" form a non-finite clause. Older texts call it a "phrase," but, because it has a verb, we call it a non-finite clause.
- hasvi Being tired , I went to bed.
- The words "being tired" form a non-finite clause.
- Older texts call it a "phrase," but, because it has a verb, we call it a non-finite clause.
- Non-finite clauses use verb forms that do not have tense.
- They are infinitives and participles, which are not fully-inflected verbs.
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hasviBeing tired, I went to bed.
The words "being tired" form a non-finite clause. Older texts call it a "phrase," but, because it has a verb, we call it a non-finite clause.
Non-finite clauses use verb forms that do not have tense. They are infinitives and participles, which are not fully-inflected verbs. In you
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