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#446507 Mon, 26 Nov 07 04:07 PM

Hi,

Am I supposed to say : each verb has 3 basic conjugating tenses, or each verb has 3 basic conjugation tenses?

thanks

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Cool Breeze

#446534 Mon, 26 Nov 07 04:49 PM

I would say each verb has three principal parts: see, saw, seen; go, went, gone; need, needed, needed. (This is not true about the defective auxiliaries, of course.)

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