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Adnan3 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Verbs have tenses marked on them
Verbs in English have only two tenses marked on them: present and past.
What does 'marked' mean in the above sentence? Does it say, "Verbs in English have two tense features: present and past"?
What does 'marked' mean in the above sentence? Does it say, "Verbs in English have two tense features: present and past"?
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adnan3 What does 'marked' mean in the above sentence? 'Marked' means that they can be identified as differently spelled forms: Present tense is marked with the '-s' ending of 3rd person singular. )
- adnan3 What does 'marked' mean in the above sentence?
- 'Marked' means that they can be identified as differently spelled forms: Present tense is marked with the '-s' ending of 3rd person singular.
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adnan3What does 'marked' mean in the above sentence?'Marked' means that they can be identified as differently spelled forms:
Present tense is marked with the '-s' ending of 3rd person singular.
Past tense is marked by the '-ed' of regular verbs and the different spelling of irregular verbs ('sat', 'stood', etc.)
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For me, it's a very odd way of saying 'they can be identified as differently spelled forms'.
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