preterite

• The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language observes, "three uses of the preterite (past tense): past time, backshift, and modal remoteness."
• The strong verbs form their preterite (originally the perfect) and past participle by means of ablaut (§12). —  A Middle High German Primer Third Edition
• The verba pura have double forms in the present and preterite, as {dræjen}, {dræn} (§35), to turn_, pret. —  A Middle High German Primer Third Edition
• It is to be noticed, that the first present of all the verbs is used, as our compound preterite: Thus elun signifies I give or I have given; while the second present is strictly confined to the present time ACTIVE VOICE INDICATIVE MOOD Present Tense Singular Dual Plural 1 Elun_, I give Eluvu_, We two give Eluign_, We give 2 Eluimi_, Thou givest Eluimu_, You two give Eluimen_, Ye give 3 Elui He gives Eluigu, They two give Eluigen_, They give Second Present 1. —  A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
• The Puritans were good in their way, and we enjoy them highly as a preterite phenomenon; but they were not good at cakes and ale, and that is one reason why they are a preterite phenomenon I suppose we are all willing to let a public censor like P.V. run amuck whenever he likes,--so it be not down our street. —  The Function of the Poet and Other Essays

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