Epistola.Here's a vast improvement over a traditional past tense past tense n. A verb tense used to express an action or a condition that occurred in or during the past. For example, in While she was sewing, he read aloud, was sewing and read are in the past tense. Noun 1. I overheard at the supermarket: My wife, very pregnant, and I are buying this and that late one evening, much of it naturally junk food junk food n. Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value. junk food . The clerk pleasantly comments about the relationship between the pregnancy and the junk food. "I know," says June. "I can't help it to a degree, but I'm trying not to completely succumb." Clerk shakes her head. "Not me," she says. "I sucCAME." Vast improvement over "succumbed," n'est-ce pas? Second one is just in my head. Am I the only one who thinks the past tense of breathe ought really to be brothe? Just wondering and thought you might wonder along with. Could we ask readers of VERBATIM whether they overhear o·ver·hear v. o·ver·heard , o·ver·hear·ing, o·ver·hears v.tr. To hear (speech or someone speaking) without the speaker's awareness or intent. v.intr. or think of similar improvements? Scott Huler Raleigh, North Carolina For other uses of this name, see Raleigh. Raleigh (IPA: /ˈrɑli/, ral-ee) is the capital of the State of North Carolina and the county seat of Wake County. |
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