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... action by PAGE 1 9 10 62 82 reference to a preceding action 100 · E. Clauses determining the time of an action by reference to a subsequent action 115 • F. Clauses indicating the time of the termination of the action of the main clause ...
... action by PAGE 1 9 10 62 82 reference to a preceding action 100 · E. Clauses determining the time of an action by reference to a subsequent action 115 • F. Clauses indicating the time of the termination of the action of the main clause ...
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... action F. Clauses indicating the time of the termination of the action of the main clause APPENDIX II . Index of Clauses containing Modal Auxi- liaries : A. Mugan clauses . B. Sculan clauses C. Motan clauses D. Willan clauses • APPENDIX ...
... action F. Clauses indicating the time of the termination of the action of the main clause APPENDIX II . Index of Clauses containing Modal Auxi- liaries : A. Mugan clauses . B. Sculan clauses C. Motan clauses D. Willan clauses • APPENDIX ...
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... action by reference to a preceding action . E. Clauses determining the time of an action by reference to a subsequent action . F. Clauses indicating the time of the termination of the action of the main clause . A. CLAUSES DENOTING TIME ...
... action by reference to a preceding action . E. Clauses determining the time of an action by reference to a subsequent action . F. Clauses indicating the time of the termination of the action of the main clause . A. CLAUSES DENOTING TIME ...
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... action of a verb which is itself in a subordinate clause . The use of such balancing adverbs is a very no- ticeable feature of OE . prose , and it may be that a more minute study than I have been able to make of this matter would yield ...
... action of a verb which is itself in a subordinate clause . The use of such balancing adverbs is a very no- ticeable feature of OE . prose , and it may be that a more minute study than I have been able to make of this matter would yield ...
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... action is indefinite , and is found with the future , the indefinite present , and the indefinite past ; the latter is used where a definite action has taken place . Whatever the reason may be , it will be remembered that we found that ...
... action is indefinite , and is found with the future , the indefinite present , and the indefinite past ; the latter is used where a definite action has taken place . Whatever the reason may be , it will be remembered that we found that ...
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adverb æfter Ælfric's ærest Beowulf bið biscop Brut Cart Chron connective Crist cyning da hwile dæg dæge dæm dær dære dæs ðæt daga dative Dial donne ealle Examples follow folc Godes Gothic Guth hæfde halga Heliand heora hine hrade hwonne indeter Index-List Index-List of swa indic instances Latin main clause Mart meaning mid dam mid dy Middle English mode Modern English Mugan næs NOTE noun occurs Otfrid pære particle Piers Plowman poetry pone ponne preposition prose Psalms quote examples secge sentence siddan sona swa swa Clauses swa lange swide Syntax Tatian temporal clause temporal conjunction texts thiu translates wære wæron wæs wið Willan Wulf Wülfing þæm þær þære þæs þæt þam þan þat þis þone þonne
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