It is hard to determine to what extent the thematic formation supplied a real pluperfect to the strong preterit. |
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While listening to her teacher ramble about the preterit tense, Margaret felt a sharp pain at her side. |
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I might not know how to conjugate verbs in the preterit, but I knew a double negative when I heard one or when a poem had way too much detail. |
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Finite verbal clauses are those that are formed around a verb in the present or preterit form. |
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