CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BLUE-PENCIL
PRESENT
Present
I blue-pencil
you blue-pencil
he/she/it blue-pencils
we blue-pencil
you blue-pencil
they blue-pencil
Present continuous
I am blue-pencilling
you are blue-pencilling
he/she/it is blue-pencilling
we are blue-pencilling
you are blue-pencilling
they are blue-pencilling
Present perfect
I have blue-pencilled
you have blue-pencilled
he/she/it has blue-pencilled
we have blue-pencilled
you have blue-pencilled
they have blue-pencilled
Present perfect continuous
I have been blue-pencilling
you have been blue-pencilling
he/she/it has been blue-pencilling
we have been blue-pencilling
you have been blue-pencilling
they have been blue-pencilling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I blue-pencilled
you blue-pencilled
he/she/it blue-pencilled
we blue-pencilled
you blue-pencilled
they blue-pencilled
Past continuous
I was blue-pencilling
you were blue-pencilling
he/she/it was blue-pencilling
we were blue-pencilling
you were blue-pencilling
they were blue-pencilling
Past perfect
I had blue-pencilled
you had blue-pencilled
he/she/it had blue-pencilled
we had blue-pencilled
you had blue-pencilled
they had blue-pencilled
Past perfect continuous
I had been blue-pencilling
you had been blue-pencilling
he/she/it had been blue-pencilling
we had been blue-pencilling
you had been blue-pencilling
they had been blue-pencilling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will blue-pencil
you will blue-pencil
he/she/it will blue-pencil
we will blue-pencil
you will blue-pencil
they will blue-pencil
Future continuous
I will be blue-pencilling
you will be blue-pencilling
he/she/it will be blue-pencilling
we will be blue-pencilling
you will be blue-pencilling
they will be blue-pencilling
Future perfect
I will have blue-pencilled
you will have blue-pencilled
he/she/it will have blue-pencilled
we will have blue-pencilled
you will have blue-pencilled
they will have blue-pencilled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been blue-pencilling
you will have been blue-pencilling
he/she/it will have been blue-pencilling
we will have been blue-pencilling
you will have been blue-pencilling
they will have been blue-pencilling
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would blue-pencil
you would blue-pencil
he/she/it would blue-pencil
we would blue-pencil
you would blue-pencil
they would blue-pencil
Conditional continuous
I would be blue-pencilling
you would be blue-pencilling
he/she/it would be blue-pencilling
we would be blue-pencilling
you would be blue-pencilling
they would be blue-pencilling
Conditional perfect
I would have blue-pencil
you would have blue-pencil
he/she/it would have blue-pencil
we would have blue-pencil
you would have blue-pencil
they would have blue-pencil
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been blue-pencilling
you would have been blue-pencilling
he/she/it would have been blue-pencilling
we would have been blue-pencilling
you would have been blue-pencilling
they would have been blue-pencilling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you blue-pencil
we let´s blue-pencil
you blue-pencil
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to blue-pencil
Past participle
blue-pencilled
Present Participle
blue-pencilling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
9 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLUE-PENCIL»
Discover the use of
blue-pencil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
blue-pencil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Recovering the horrors of war and the Great Depression, Britain clings to dreams of peace as Europe slides towards Fascist dictatorship.
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Covenants Against Competition in Franchise Agreements
Will the state modify, "blue pencil," or otherwise reduce a covenant found to be
overbroad? Connecticut is generally referred to as a "Blue Pencil" jurisdiction.
The majority of Connecticut courts will only draw a line through ("blue pencil") an
...
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Colored
Pencil Solution Book
Pencil 5-Color the top with Indigo Blue. Pencil 6-Color the bottom with Black
Grape and color the top with Dark Umber. 2- BEGIN THE PENCILS Pencil 1 -Use
Black Grape to color the lead and the parts as shown. Pencil 2— Start to define
the ...
Janie Gildow, Barbara Newton, 2006
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Daybooks and Notebooks: Daybooks, 1876-November 1881
[in blue pencil:] sent sent -G P Putnam's sons booksellers 182 Fifth avenue [in
blue pencil:] [in blue pencil, reed sideways:] sent paid also to W J Forbes p o box
4141 [in blue pencil, paid [in blue pencil:] [in blue pencil:] sideways:] reed sent ...
Walt Whitman, William White, Jr., 2007
30”: (].E. 8: Co. /Protokoll Schutzmarke No. 8a /26-stave /34.4 X 26.3 cm /M00
C00 Y10 S00) I/4 mm. 500-502. Originally glued to next page. (Black ink, pencil,
blue pencil.) (].E. 8: Co. /Protokoll Schutzmarke No 6 /20-stave /34.2 X 26.6 cm /
M00 ...
BLUE PENCIL BLUES (1995) (Tune: “Sioux Gig) Sue”) 1. My city editor and I can
never quite agree on how a front page story ought not or ought to be. He pencils
out each adjective I circumspectly choose and now I'm slowly dying from blue ...
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Meaningful Melodies: Revived and Recycled Sacred and Secular ...
BLUE PENCIL BLUES (Tune:.“Sioux City Sue”) 1...My.city.editor.and.I.can.never.
quite.agree. on.how.a.front.page.story.ought.not.or.ought.to.be.. He.pencils.out.
each.adjective.I.circumspectly.choose. and.now.I'm.slowly.dying.from.blue.BLUE
...
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Gabriel Faure: A Guide to Research
Oboe: usual paper (LE), 24× 31.5 cm, 10 staves; 1 bifolium; 3 pages of music; 1r
as title: “[upper left, blue pencil, not the hand of the copyist] 1/[upper right, black
ink, copyist] Hautbois/[upper center] Il est né le Divin Enfant/~par~/ G. Fauré”;
stray ...
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Samuel Barber: A Guide to Research
1,23 First Movement: added rehearsal numbers in blue pencil; notes, slurs, and
accents in red pencil. Some measures of the printed score are taped over the
manuscript copy, pp. 24,28 Second Movement: printed score with corrections in
blue ...
Wayne Clifford Wentzel, 2001
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLUE-PENCIL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
blue-pencil is used in the context of the following news items.
Wisconsin Law Regarding the Enforceability of Non-Competes Has …
... and (2) allows the courts to edit (or “blue-pencil”) an otherwise overly-broad covenant and then enforce the covenant as revised, as opposed ... «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
Outside the box
Blue-Pencil may seem like an unusual name for an information management company that got its start providing on-site document destruction ... «Storage & Destruction Business, Nov 14»
Minnesota court declines to “blue-pencil” noncompete agreement
The company urged the court to exercise its discretion to “blue-pencil” or edit the agreement to make its terms reasonable and enforceable. «Lexology, Feb 14»
Different strokes for different folks (or red, blue, and purple-pencil …
By contrast, in states adhering to the “blue-pencil” doctrine, a court may strike out an offending provision (such as the reference to Kentucky) ... «Lexology, Jan 14»
Blue-pencil correction of non-compete gets red light
Nor will they generally use a “blue pencil” to sever ambiguous words. This was made clear in the recent appeal court decision in Veolia ES ... «Lexology, Apr 12»
Good blue-pencil editing becomes a lost art
Good blue-pencil editing becomes a lost art. By Harriet Rubin. The story goes that when Bill Clinton signed his rich contract with Knopf, he said ... «USA Today, Jul 04»
