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Anonymous  +  194547 Thu, 09 Feb 06 10:06 AM

Hi,

I was looking at a dictionary for a grammatical term ( for a start) and it said that "A participle is a form of a verb that can be used in compound tenses of the verb," and my question is "What are "compound tenses"?"

And, if you can, please show me the rule regarding the usage of quotations inside of a quote. Same quotation marks or a different one for each (single or double?)   
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pieanne  +  194559 Thu, 09 Feb 06 10:39 AM

I'll answer the first part of your question: a compound tense is a tense that requires the use of an auxiliary:

he will come/ he has known/she had bought, etc etc...
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