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A present open conditional normally has the indicative in both halves. Various tenses are possible, but the present or perfect are common: si iam melius valēs, vehementer gaudeō (Cicero) [44] 'if you are in better health now, I am very glad' sī peccāvī, īnsciēns fēcī (Terence) [45] 'if I did wrong, I did so unwittingly'
What the French call complément d'objet indirect is a complement introduced by an essentially void à or de (at least in the case of a noun) required by some particular, otherwise intransitive, verbs: e.g. Les cambrioleurs ont profité de mon absence 'the robbers took advantage of my absence' — but the essentially synonymous les cambrioleurs ...
à la short for (ellipsis of) à la manière de; in the manner of/in the style of [1]à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu". In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes from the menu rather than a fixed-price meal.
The present progressive or present continuous form combines present tense with progressive aspect. It thus refers to an action or event conceived of as having limited duration, taking place at the present time. It consists of a form of the simple present of be together with the present participle of the main verb and the ending -ing.
A present general condition uses the same grammatical construction (ἐάν with the subjunctive) as a vivid future condition, but is much less common. The present subjunctive is used when the actions of the two clauses are contemporaneous: γελᾷ ὁ μῶρος, κἄν τι μὴ γελοῖον ᾖ. (Menander) [34]
The plus sign sometimes represents /ɨ/ in the orthography of Huichol. [25] In the algebraic notation used to record games of chess, the plus sign + is used to denote a move that puts the opponent into check, while a double plus ++ is sometimes used to denote double check. Combinations of the plus and minus signs are used to evaluate a move ...
Was listed in serious condition. His self-immolation was filmed by a television crew. [64] November 2, 1983: Sebastián Acevedo: 52 Chile: Kidnapping of his children by the Chilean police during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet: After 2 days of searching for his children, Acevedo self-immolated in front of the Cathedral of the Most Holy ...
Bob Dylan songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the civil rights and anti-war movements in the 1960s.. A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for protest and social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected to current events).