phrase like‚ “Ordering in a restaurant is difficult especially when it is crowded.” The average person probably thinks that the gerund is only used in the present tense in order to relate an on going activity. If you were in the process of doing something‚ you would need to express yourself using the present progressive or present continuous tense. This would also apply to something that is going to happen in the near future. So if I say‚ “She is playing the guitar‚” that is something she is doing
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reflected as a good writing. However‚ students often make mistakes in grammar. They do not know when to use the present tense or the past tense. They still do not understand when they have to change the present tense into the past tense. Further‚ students are not accostumed with grammar and tenses in Indonesian. That is why students often make mistakes in grammar. They do not know which tenses should be used. They even do not know the part of speech of the word. As a result‚ the sentences that they make
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The poems ‘Esther’s Tomcat’ by Ted Hughes and ‘The Cat And The Moon’ by W.B.Yeates share many similarities and contrasts. The main communality is that of the subject of the poems. They are both about cats. However the cats have many contrasting qualities to one another. Both the poems are in first person narrative. This makes the reader feel like the story of the poem is told directly to them‚ which involves them emotionally. However they vary in that of structure. Their structures are based on the
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the past tense. However‚ both of these poems‚ towards the end‚ change to the present tense. In the poem "Suicide in the Trenches"‚ the first two stanzas are in the past tense‚ for example‚ in the first line‚ "I knew a simple soldier boy..." and then in the third stanza‚ after the soldier dies‚ it switches to‚" You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye‚ who cheer when soldiers march by..." and in the poem "Dulce et Decorum est" a similar thing is done. The first stanza is in the past tense‚" Coughing
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variants are that or zero as illustrated respectively in the first and second sentence of the example. Each token was coded with five factor groups: the verbs preceding that or zero (know‚ say‚ think and other verbs as factors)‚ the tense of those verbs (past and present as factors)‚ the gender (Male or Female as factor groups) the age of the speaker (young‚ mature or old as factors) and the education of the speaker (more educated or less educated as factors). To run the analysis of the samples‚ the
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Washington State University Finance 325 Practice Problems 1. What is the net present value of a project with the following cash flows and a required return of 12 percent? Year 0 1 2 3 Cash Flow -$28‚900 $12‚450 $19‚630 $ 2‚750 2. What is the net present value of a project that has an initial cash outflow of $12‚670 and the following cash inflows? The required return is 11.5 percent. Year 1 2 3 4 Cash Inflows $4‚375 $ 0 $8‚750 $4‚100 3. A project will produce cash inflows of $1‚750
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films was quite difficult‚ both films conveyed a very strong message‚ the aftermath of human destruction. Resnais and Barnouw showed us the horrible capabilities of human beings at their worst and the result when humanity and morality is no longer present. Both filmmakers took the task of bringing the realities of these two disasters to life in two very different ways. While Resnais and Barnouw differ a lot in their narrative and musical‚ chronology‚ and cinematography‚ structural and ethical choices
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Pronunciation of ensconce इन्स्कान्स / एन्स्कान्स Meanings of ensconce Show Transliteration noun 1. अच्छी तरह बैठ जाना verb 1. स्थापित करना 2. अच्छी तरह बैठ जाना Inflected forms of ensconce ensconced (verb past tense) ensconcing (verb present participle) ensconces (verb present tense) Definitions of ensconce verb 1. fix firmly enigma - meaning in Hindi Pronunciation of enigma अनिग्म / इनिग्म Meanings of enigma Show Transliteration noun 1. पहेली (f) 2. गूढ़ प्रश्न 3. पेचदार बात Inflected
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Many aspects of their works are very similar‚ including the repetitional usage of words‚ stanzas‚ or phrases. They both speak out about slavery‚ they both use a broadened form of their topics and they both have interesting uses of the past and present tenses‚ making you relate to the poem on a very personal level‚ while at the same time‚ forcing you to see that there is a much greater thing happening right before your eyes. While containing less differences than similarities‚ it is very fun to notice
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| Are is right because vitamins is plural so the verb must be too | 4. | A | Became is past tense and this is not past tense | 5. | A | Took is past tense and the sentence is not | 6. | B | Laid is past tense | 7. | B | Am is right because they are currently interested | 8. | a | Have is showing the actions of being on American Idol‚ not just them being on it | 9. | A | Have is present tense | 10. | A | Have to be well organized refer to the students | 11. | B | Its Patients who do
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