CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DRY-NURSE
PRESENT
Present
I dry-nurse
you dry-nurse
he/she/it dry-nurses
we dry-nurse
you dry-nurse
they dry-nurse
Present continuous
I am dry-nursing
you are dry-nursing
he/she/it is dry-nursing
we are dry-nursing
you are dry-nursing
they are dry-nursing
Present perfect
I have dry-nursed
you have dry-nursed
he/she/it has dry-nursed
we have dry-nursed
you have dry-nursed
they have dry-nursed
Present perfect continuous
I have been dry-nursing
you have been dry-nursing
he/she/it has been dry-nursing
we have been dry-nursing
you have been dry-nursing
they have been dry-nursing
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 dry-nursed
you dry-nursed
he/she/it dry-nursed
we dry-nursed
you dry-nursed
they dry-nursed
Past continuous
I was dry-nursing
you were dry-nursing
he/she/it was dry-nursing
we were dry-nursing
you were dry-nursing
they were dry-nursing
Past perfect
I had dry-nursed
you had dry-nursed
he/she/it had dry-nursed
we had dry-nursed
you had dry-nursed
they had dry-nursed
Past perfect continuous
I had been dry-nursing
you had been dry-nursing
he/she/it had been dry-nursing
we had been dry-nursing
you had been dry-nursing
they had been dry-nursing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will dry-nurse
you will dry-nurse
he/she/it will dry-nurse
we will dry-nurse
you will dry-nurse
they will dry-nurse
Future continuous
I will be dry-nursing
you will be dry-nursing
he/she/it will be dry-nursing
we will be dry-nursing
you will be dry-nursing
they will be dry-nursing
Future perfect
I will have dry-nursed
you will have dry-nursed
he/she/it will have dry-nursed
we will have dry-nursed
you will have dry-nursed
they will have dry-nursed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been dry-nursing
you will have been dry-nursing
he/she/it will have been dry-nursing
we will have been dry-nursing
you will have been dry-nursing
they will have been dry-nursing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would dry-nurse
you would dry-nurse
he/she/it would dry-nurse
we would dry-nurse
you would dry-nurse
they would dry-nurse
Conditional continuous
I would be dry-nursing
you would be dry-nursing
he/she/it would be dry-nursing
we would be dry-nursing
you would be dry-nursing
they would be dry-nursing
Conditional perfect
I would have dry-nurse
you would have dry-nurse
he/she/it would have dry-nurse
we would have dry-nurse
you would have dry-nurse
they would have dry-nurse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been dry-nursing
you would have been dry-nursing
he/she/it would have been dry-nursing
we would have been dry-nursing
you would have been dry-nursing
they would have been dry-nursing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you dry-nurse
we let´s dry-nurse
you dry-nurse
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
dry-nursed
Present Participle
dry-nursing
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 «DRY-NURSE»
Discover the use of
dry-nurse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
dry-nurse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Plays On Women: Anon, Arden of Faversham; Middleton and ...
Exit [Dry Nurse] . Give me the wet nurse! Enter Wet Nurse [with child] . Ay, 'tis thou
. Come hither, come hither! 20 Let's see her once again. I cannot choose But
buss her thrice an hour. [He kisses the child.] Wet Nurse. You may be proud on 't,
sir ...
David M. Bevington, Kathleen McLuskie, 1999
2
The trial at bar between Campbell Craig, lessee of James ...
... Year and a Quarter, and was married in the Service, and afterwards removed
with her Husband three Quarters of a Mile from Dunmain, where she lived for
Eleven Years ; said, that Lord Altham applied to her to Dry-nurse Juggy Landy's
Son, ...
James Annesley, Ireland. Court of Exchequer, 1744
231 Infants given to country wet nurse, and 104 dry Children given to country dry
nurse. Of the former it is to be observed, that 110 were given out to wet nurse
within six days after admission, and 121 subsequent to the •econd week, a
majority ...
Great Britain. Commissioners of the Board of Education in Ireland, 1813
4
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
What, and nineteen? THIRD GOSSIP. 'Tis as I tell you, gossip. [Enter Dry Nurse
and speaks to Maudline.] MAUDLINE. Speak with me, Nurse? Who is't? DRY
NURSE. A gentleman. From Cambridge, I think it be your son, forsooth.
MAUDLINE.
5
Five Plays (The Revenger's Tragedy and Other Plays)
[Enter Dry Nurse and speaks to Maudline.] MAUDLINE. Speak with me, Nurse?
Who is't? DRY NURSE. A gentleman. From Cambridge, I think it be your son,
forsooth. MAUDLINE. 'Tis my son Tim, i'faith, prithee call him up Among the
women, ...
6
reports from the commissioners of the board of education in ...
231 Infants given to country wet nurse, and 104 dry Qiildren given to country dry
nurse. Of the former it is to-be observed, that no were given out to wet nurse
within six days after admission, and 121 subsequent to the second week, a
majority of ...
7
The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch ...
Moreover when a min was needed, it was a rule that she came to the home to
nurse, where family and the baker, the dry nurse, could keep an eye on her,
rather than the infant's being sent out. Even the bakers, who were a familiar
feature of ...
8
The Tryal of Neale Molloy, Esq; and Vere Molloy, His Wife: ...
A. After coming home from Dry-nurse, I went to Chancery Lane to see her, and
sew her five or six Times afterwards ; the Woman with whom she was placed,
was Mrs. Molloy's own Nurse, as Mrs. Molly told me, when she desired I would
not ...
Neale Molloy, Vere Molloy, 1763
9
The Tryal of Neale Molloy, Esq. and Vere Molloy, His Wife: ...
A. After coming home from Dry-nurse, I went to (J/aanrery Lane to see her, and
saw her five or six Times afterwards ; the Woman with whom she was placed,
was Mrs. Mollofs own Nurse, as Mrs. Mclloy told me, when she desired I would
_not ...
Ireland. Commission of Oyer and Terminer, 1763
She was therefore a dry nurse, as other nurses mentioned in Scripture. 2. Answ.
The mothers of those children which are said to have nurses [if those nurses
were milk nurses] might be dead: or if living, not able to give suck for want of milk,
...
