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... passive sense : it is confined , however , to the present tense , and shows by other signs that it was beginning to ... passive verb was supplied by using the passive participle , sometimes with the verb which means to be ( Goth . visan ...
... passive sense : it is confined , however , to the present tense , and shows by other signs that it was beginning to ... passive verb was supplied by using the passive participle , sometimes with the verb which means to be ( Goth . visan ...
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... passive . The English alone , doubtless under French influence , has fixed upon the verb to be for this purpose . The Danish and Swedish have a passive made by adding s to the forms of the active . But for this s the Old Icelandic has ...
... passive . The English alone , doubtless under French influence , has fixed upon the verb to be for this purpose . The Danish and Swedish have a passive made by adding s to the forms of the active . But for this s the Old Icelandic has ...
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... give it a wholly different meaning . It is true that we are able by a change from active to passive , as well as by other devices , to secure variety of expression , and to satisfy the demands of emphasis : THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 55.
... give it a wholly different meaning . It is true that we are able by a change from active to passive , as well as by other devices , to secure variety of expression , and to satisfy the demands of emphasis : THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 55.
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... passive par- ticiple . I. healdan , heold , heóldon , healden , hold . spannan , spên , spênnon , spannen , stretch . II . lætan , lêt , lêton , laten , let . slæpan , slep , slepon , slapen , sleep . III . lâcan , lêc , lêcon , lâcen ...
... passive par- ticiple . I. healdan , heold , heóldon , healden , hold . spannan , spên , spênnon , spannen , stretch . II . lætan , lêt , lêton , laten , let . slæpan , slep , slepon , slapen , sleep . III . lâcan , lêc , lêcon , lâcen ...
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... passive participle of primary verbs . § 89. In the first of these two classes , de , after c , t , h , 8 , becomes te , and c is then generally changed to h . Several verbs show a change of radical vowel in the perfect , from e to ea ...
... passive participle of primary verbs . § 89. In the first of these two classes , de , after c , t , h , 8 , becomes te , and c is then generally changed to h . Several verbs show a change of radical vowel in the perfect , from e to ea ...
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