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1]what is the perfect tense of sink.2.what is the perfect tense of steal.3}what is the perfect tense of lay.

Nicholas007 · Accepted Answer

Sink Sank Sunk

Steal Stole Stolen

Lay Laid Laid

Nicholas

Dimsumexpress · Answer

If you looked them up yourself on the internet, you have a better chance of retaining the information than just asking the forum. Look up irregular verbs for others.

Tanit · Answer

Anonymouswhat is the perfect tense of

Hi,

It might be just me, but I'm not familiar with "the perfect tense" of a verb.

As far as my (extremely imperfect!

) understanding of the English grammar is concerned, a verb may be "perfect" in aspect, but not in tense.

Did you possibly mean....

- the present perfect (I have sunk, I have stolen, I have laid)?
- the present perfect progressive (I have been stealing... )?
- the past perfect (I had stolen...)?
- the past perfect progressive (I had been stealing...)?
- the future perfect (I will have stolen...)?
- the future perfect progressive (I will have been stealing...)?

PS If you were looking for "sunk", "stolen", "laid", these are past participles.

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ETA: please somebody correct me if I'm mistaken!

Nicholas007 · Answer

well,l won't agree with you

Hmm it's true that this user confused us all with this question but it's not difficult to conclude that:

If he/she wanted to know the form of those tenses that you've mentioned,probably he/she won't ask that with those specific verbs. He/she will ask only the form,cause the form is the same with all verbs,regular and irregular.

well,that's my point of view.

Nicholas

Tanit · Answer

Nicholas007well,l won't agree with you

Well, then we shall agree to disagree.

Dimsumexpress · Answer

Nicholas007Hmm it's true that this user confused us all with this question but it's not difficult to conclude that:
If he/she wanted to know the form of those tenses that you've mentioned,probably he/she won't ask that with those specific verbs. He/she will ask only the form,cause the form is the same with all verbs,regular and irregular.

Nicolas,
Learning should have no boundaries. If you asked one question and received multiple other answers in response, you or the learner should be glad, and not disagree. I agree with Tanit.

Nicholas007 · Answer

well,l'll repeat again

'That's just my point of view' .

dimsumexpress l agree that we should give a multiple answer,but in this case there is no need for that cause it's obvious that the person who ,by the way, wasn't clear with his/her question, didn't ask for multiple answer.But ok ,l appreciate your willing to help as much as you can.

Nicholas007 · Answer

l don't want to say that you two are incorrect , cause you're absolutely right . The problem is with question. There should be 'perfect TENSES' (in plural,cause we know that there are more perfect tenses) , but he/she said just 'perfect tense' . so l concluded that he/she wanted past participles of those verbs .

Nicholas

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