ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ERASE
From Latin ērādere to scrape off, from ex-1 + rādere to scratch, scrape.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ERASE
PRESENT
Present
I erase
you erase
he/she/it erases
we erase
you erase
they erase
Present continuous
I am erasing
you are erasing
he/she/it is erasing
we are erasing
you are erasing
they are erasing
Present perfect
I have erased
you have erased
he/she/it has erased
we have erased
you have erased
they have erased
Present perfect continuous
I have been erasing
you have been erasing
he/she/it has been erasing
we have been erasing
you have been erasing
they have been erasing
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 erased
you erased
he/she/it erased
we erased
you erased
they erased
Past continuous
I was erasing
you were erasing
he/she/it was erasing
we were erasing
you were erasing
they were erasing
Past perfect
I had erased
you had erased
he/she/it had erased
we had erased
you had erased
they had erased
Past perfect continuous
I had been erasing
you had been erasing
he/she/it had been erasing
we had been erasing
you had been erasing
they had been erasing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will erase
you will erase
he/she/it will erase
we will erase
you will erase
they will erase
Future continuous
I will be erasing
you will be erasing
he/she/it will be erasing
we will be erasing
you will be erasing
they will be erasing
Future perfect
I will have erased
you will have erased
he/she/it will have erased
we will have erased
you will have erased
they will have erased
Future perfect continuous
I will have been erasing
you will have been erasing
he/she/it will have been erasing
we will have been erasing
you will have been erasing
they will have been erasing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would erase
you would erase
he/she/it would erase
we would erase
you would erase
they would erase
Conditional continuous
I would be erasing
you would be erasing
he/she/it would be erasing
we would be erasing
you would be erasing
they would be erasing
Conditional perfect
I would have erase
you would have erase
he/she/it would have erase
we would have erase
you would have erase
they would have erase
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been erasing
you would have been erasing
he/she/it would have been erasing
we would have been erasing
you would have been erasing
they would have been erasing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you erase
we let´s erase
you erase
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
erasing
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.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ERASE»
The term «erase» is very widely used and occupies the
17.735 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
Very widely used
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10 QUOTES WITH «ERASE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
erase.
We have people who pay to use our products and services, and they are heavily engaged in our content. If you erase the brand perceptions of AOL, and consider that people pay to use our properties, you would probably consider this one of the most valuable audiences on the Internet.
I like pens. My writing is so amazing there's never a need to erase.
The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them.
The video maker doesn't easily face a blank page. Because the videomaker can run it either any way, this way or the other way and erase it if they don't like it and so on.
I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life.
The idea that you can somehow erase the Internet is silly.
Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Your life may change, but your dream doesn't have to. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it.
I can't believe there is a poet who hasn't eagerly put down a word one day, only to erase it the next day deciding it was sheer lunacy. It's part of the process of selection.
I like to erase lines between categories. Why separate cookbook writing from writing, healthy from good tasting? I want to be open to possibilities.
My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ERASE»
Discover the use of
erase in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
erase and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
or pencil eraser. Flash erases, pixel by pixel, where you erase. Luckily, Flash
offers some tools that help you control the process. To erase objects, choose the
Eraser tool on the Tools panel. Click and drag across any object to erase where
you ...
Ellen Finkelstein, Gurdy Leete, 2008
2
Ageless Face, Ageless Mind:
Erase Wrinkles and Rejuvenate ...
In this revolutionary book, bestselling author and anti-aging expert Dr. Nicholas Perricone reveals a completely new and hidden threat to our looks and our health–and gives us a program to defeat it.
Nicholas Perricone, M.D., 2007
The next major tape transport component is the full erase head. Note that there
may be one or two stationary tape guides between the back tension guide pole
and the full erase head. These keep tape on its proper path. Tape guide height
may ...
4
Bad Samaritans: The ACLU's Relentless Campaign to
Erase ...
Bad Samaritans looks behind the headlines and shows the ACLU’s fingerprints as it works to destroy freedom and enslave our constitutional republic to the demands of a Marxist state. It’s time to fight back.
5
Flash CS4: The Missing Manual: The Missing Manual
Erase Normal. Flash uses this mode unless you tell it otherwise. If you erase over
an existing object on the stage using Erase Normal, Flash erases everything, fill
and stroke included. • Erase Lines. If you erase over an existing object on the ...
6
The Everything Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s:
Erase ...
Debby Fowles was the About.com Guide for Financial Planning. She had more than twenty years of accounting and business experience and is the author of the first edition of The Everything Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s Book.
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Google SketchUp: The Missing Manual: The Missing Manual
Surfaces You can erase a shape's face, too, but you can't do it with one click of
the Eraser tool. If you could, it would be too easy to accidentally erase faces
when you're trying to click edges! To erase a face, you need to choose a
command ...
8
Rhymes, Riddles and Reasoning Activities to Make Kids Think
(Write the letters in alphabetical order for younger children . Mix up the order for
older children .) 2 . Read the introduction to the class . 3 . Read one line from the
poem for each child . 4 . Allow the child to erase the letter from the board .
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Inside NAND Flash Memories
The erase operation resets the information of all cells in one block
simultaneously. For this purpose the common p-well of the memory array is
charged to a high positive voltage (~20 V). The word lines of the selected block
are grounded.
Rino Micheloni, Luca Crippa, 2010
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Oxide Reliability: A Summary of Silicon Oxide Wearout, ...
In this regime, interface-traps and acceptor-like oxide traps are created around
the drain edge and can lead to serious degradation of Gm and read current Id.
The erase slowdown effect is simpler, but has subtle side effects. With repeated ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ERASE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
erase is used in the context of the following news items.
George Osborne's real plan: erase every trace of Gordon Brown
To understand George Osborne, it is important to realise that he cut his political teeth at the height of the New Labour ascendancy. «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
Don't Erase Nathan Bedford Forrest From U.S. History
Perhaps the Memphis City Council, which wants to take down reminders of KKK founder General Forrest, needs a reminder that people are ... «The Federalist, Jul 15»
Jail release for Elkhart teen fighting to erase criminal record
An Elkhart teen found guilty of having sex with an underage girl has been released from Berrien County Jail. «WSBT-TV, Jul 15»
Bulldozing buildings will not erase past
There is no denying that for years, for many of our most vulnerable citizens, the Huronia Regional Centre (HRC) was a house of horrors where ... «Orillia Packet & Times, Jul 15»
The conspiracy to demonize and erase the Sinhala Buddhist identity …
That threat continues to prevail. With annihilation by mass killing not a norm to be followed the alternate options have been to erase the Sinhala ... «Lankaweb, Jul 15»
Asia: Stocks erase losses as China shares, copper mount rebound
[WELLINGTON] Asian stocks erased losses and US equity-index futures climbed as some of the most heavily sold shares in Hong Kong and ... «THE BUSINESS TIMES, Jul 15»
Mariners erase early deficit but go 0 for 14 with RISP during 5-4 loss …
SEATTLE — Scoring runs has not been a problem lately for the Seattle Mariners. Scoring enough to win has been the issue. Jefry Marte, in his ... «Greenfield Daily Reporter, Jul 15»
Erase the Fear of a Black Planet
Black men have done everything possible to change America's perception of them: walked in space, moonwalked on Earth, invented a traffic ... «Mic, Jul 15»
Elkhart teen's fight to erase criminal record gaining national attention
The New York Times recently featured the story of 19-year-old Zachery Anderson of Elkhart, who was sentenced to 25 years as a registered sex ... «WSBT-TV, Jul 15»
Paperwork error doesn't erase tenants' liability for rent
A paperwork mistake doesn't erase tenants' liability for their rent. (Photo: Peter Dazeley, Getty Images). 1 CONNECT 5 ... «azcentral.com, Jul 15»
