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  2. Perfect (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    Resultative perfect (referring to a state in the present which is the result or endpoint of an event in the past): "I have lost my pen-knife" (message: I still don't have it) Continuative perfect (past situations continuing into present): "I have always guided him" Anterior perfect (completed past situations, but with relevance to the present):

  3. Pluperfect - Wikipedia

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    The word "perfect" in this sense means "completed"; it contrasts with the "imperfect", which denotes uncompleted actions or states. In English grammar, the pluperfect (e.g. "had written") is now usually called the past perfect, since it combines past tense with perfect aspect. (The same term is sometimes used in relation to the grammar of other ...

  4. Uses of English verb forms - Wikipedia

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    The past perfect progressive or past perfect continuous (also known as the pluperfect progressive or pluperfect continuous) combines perfect progressive aspect with past tense. It is formed by combining had (the past tense of auxiliary have), been (the past participle of be), and the present participle of the main verb.

  5. Past tense - Wikipedia

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    The past perfect progressive (sometimes referred to as the past perfect continuous) combines had (the simple past of have) with been (the past participle of be) and the present participle of the main verb: You had been waiting. It is used to refer to an ongoing action that continued up to the past time of reference.

  6. Tense–aspect–mood - Wikipedia

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    The most common past tense construction in German is the haben ("to have") plus past participle (or for intransitive verbs of motion, the sein ("to be") plus past participle) form, which is a pure past construction rather than conveying perfect aspect. The past progressive is conveyed by the simple past form.

  7. Talk:Perfect (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    ) past perfect "I will have woken" (As of tommorrow, I will have woken on time every day this week.) future perfect. "I would have woken" (I would have woken if the damned alarm clock had gone off.) infinitive perfect; Perfect passive: "I have been woken". (Argh, I have been woken by that dog one time too many.) present perfect passive

  8. Today's Wordle Hint, Answer for #1262 on Monday ... - AOL

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    Today's Wordle Answer for #1262 on Monday, December 2, 2024. Today's Wordle answer on Monday, December 2, 2024, is GUILE. How'd you do? Next: Catch up on other Wordle answers from this week.

  9. Past perfect - Wikipedia

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