CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BLUE-PENCILLING
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-pencilling
you would blue-pencilling
he/she/it would blue-pencilling
we would blue-pencilling
you would blue-pencilling
they would blue-pencilling
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-pencilling
you would have blue-pencilling
he/she/it would have blue-pencilling
we would have blue-pencilling
you would have blue-pencilling
they would have blue-pencilling
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.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLUE-PENCILLING»
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blue-pencilling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
blue-pencilling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
We shall examine these ideas in 9.8, but first we should note the idea of 'blue-
pencilling'. 9.7 Severance and 'blue-pencilling' 'Blue-pencilling' means that the
courts may, within limitations, remove words or sentences that are felt to make the
...
James A. Holland, Stuart Burnett, 2014
not be enforced in a territory within which the restriction is reasonable. This result
is more likely when the covenant appears to be in substance a restraint on the
employment of an individual,8 as "blue-pencilling" is often considered ...
Text in blue ink. Parenthetical loop in red ink. Date in black above. 2. Year and
period inserted. 3. Deleted in blue ink: "writing" ; inserted above in blue: "
pencilling" 4. Capitalized over lowercase. 5. Deleted in black ink: "the" ; inserted
in black ...
Walt Whitman, Edward F. Grier, 1984
4
Classified: Secrecy and the State in Modern Britain
The moment when negotiated blue-pencilling of texts becomes enforced blue—
pencilling is the moment when authors break off communication and threaten to '
publish and be damned'. The second key to success is the ability of authors to ...
Christopher Moran, Christopher R. Moran, 2012
5
Unlocking Employment Law
Possibility of blue pencilling. - Usual remedy is injunction. Discuss effect of
construction and remedies - Public policy will usually be used to invalidate the
clause — so will work in employee's favour - Blue pencilling (severance) is
narrowly ...
“It comes of always blue-pencilling those everlasting proofs of yours.” “It wouldn't
be a blue pencil,” said Pond, shaking his head. “I was thinking of something more
like a red pencil; which would mark very black indeed. But what bothers me is ...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 2008
7
Covenants Against Competition in Franchise Agreements
App. 3d 4 1 0, 526 N.E.2d 62 1 ( I 988), the court flatly refused to modify an
allegedly overbroad covenant, stating that the fairness of the restrictions is the
relevant consideration in application of blue pencilling. Although this covenant
restrained ...
8
Secrecy and the Media: The Official History of the United ...
Alas, similar blue-pencilling of books, articles and programmes, so conscientious
and so logical purely from a security point of view, but so isolated from the
realities of the wider world of information, is a propensity which junior officials to
this ...
Nicholas John Wilkinson, 2009
... was sipping his absinthe, with half-closed eyes, in a swirl of cigarette smoke.
Robbins was looking over the morning Pic., detecting, as young reporters will, the
gross blunders in the make-up, and the envious blue-pencilling his own stuff had
...
10
The Language of Journalism: Profanity, obscenity & the media
We had been castigating the absurd Cromwellian interference by the present-day
Lord Chamberlain's blue-pencilling (one of those century-old and very peculiar
English habits); and we had provided witnesses to the court on behalf of the ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLUE-PENCILLING»
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blue-pencilling is used in the context of the following news items.
Rain drain: Monsoon of discontent for tourism
Even as the holidaymaker brigade is blue-pencilling its calendar to include autumn or winter, the hotels will be regrouping to get their act back ... «Deccan Herald, Aug 14»
Kenneth Rose: Diarist got around in powerful circles
His careful corrections, involving the blue-pencilling-out of many a superfluous adjective, always improved the text. He himself maintained an ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 14»
Editor responsible for every news item, rules Supreme Court
“Blue-pencilling of news articles by anyone other than the Editor is not welcome in a democratic polity. Editors have to take responsibility for ... «The Hindu, Mar 13»
Editing In The Times Of Nitish
So, is the Nitish government blue-pencilling what is available for public consumption? Are the undercurrents of manufactured consent shifting ... «The Newslaundry, Sep 12»
Kamal Haasan Deletes 'Kannodu' Song In Manmadhan Ambu
... of his producers and since Udhayanidhi Stalin didn't want to get the film drenched in unwanted issues, he is blue-pencilling the track. «TopNews, Dec 10»
'Thou Shall Not Circumcise'
The blue-pencilling could have been operated at the return from the exile of the Jews in Babylon, at the time of the alleged discovery of the ... «Salem-News.Com, Dec 09»
The Translation Wars
And then they started blue-pencilling in alternate translations from Rosemary Edmonds, dozens and dozens of times. I was out of my mind with ... «New Yorker, Nov 07»
