CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXPLAIN AWAY
PRESENT
Present
I explain away
you explain away
he/she/it explains away
we explain away
you explain away
they explain away
Present continuous
I am explaining away
you are explaining away
he/she/it is explaining away
we are explaining away
you are explaining away
they are explaining away
Present perfect
I have explained away
you have explained away
he/she/it has explained away
we have explained away
you have explained away
they have explained away
Present perfect continuous
I have been explaining away
you have been explaining away
he/she/it has been explaining away
we have been explaining away
you have been explaining away
they have been explaining away
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 explained away
you explained away
he/she/it explained away
we explained away
you explained away
they explained away
Past continuous
I was explaining away
you were explaining away
he/she/it was explaining away
we were explaining away
you were explaining away
they were explaining away
Past perfect
I had explained away
you had explained away
he/she/it had explained away
we had explained away
you had explained away
they had explained away
Past perfect continuous
I had been explaining away
you had been explaining away
he/she/it had been explaining away
we had been explaining away
you had been explaining away
they had been explaining away
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will explain away
you will explain away
he/she/it will explain away
we will explain away
you will explain away
they will explain away
Future continuous
I will be explaining away
you will be explaining away
he/she/it will be explaining away
we will be explaining away
you will be explaining away
they will be explaining away
Future perfect
I will have explained away
you will have explained away
he/she/it will have explained away
we will have explained away
you will have explained away
they will have explained away
Future perfect continuous
I will have been explaining away
you will have been explaining away
he/she/it will have been explaining away
we will have been explaining away
you will have been explaining away
they will have been explaining away
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would explain away
you would explain away
he/she/it would explain away
we would explain away
you would explain away
they would explain away
Conditional continuous
I would be explaining away
you would be explaining away
he/she/it would be explaining away
we would be explaining away
you would be explaining away
they would be explaining away
Conditional perfect
I would have explain away
you would have explain away
he/she/it would have explain away
we would have explain away
you would have explain away
they would have explain away
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been explaining away
you would have been explaining away
he/she/it would have been explaining away
we would have been explaining away
you would have been explaining away
they would have been explaining away
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you explain away
we let´s explain away
you explain away
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to explain away
Past participle
explained away
Present Participle
explaining away
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.
4 QUOTES WITH «EXPLAIN AWAY»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
explain away.
Many of the architects of the Vietnam War became near pariahs as they spent the remainder of their lives in the futile quest to explain away their decisions at the time.
If troubled companies want to explain away 2008 as a 'black swan,' then someone should take responsibility for creating the oil slick that seems to have tarred the entire flock!
When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
The paradox of anti-Semitism is that it is invariably up to the Jews to explain away the charges. The anti-Semite simply has to make them.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPLAIN AWAY»
Discover the use of
explain away in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
explain away and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fringe-ology: How I Tried to
Explain Away the ...
From his journey into the bizarre, Volk discovers that the "fringe" story strikes at the core of what it means to be human.
2
The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders
Explain Away Chinese ...
""Journalist and China expert Mann examines the evolution of American policy toward China and asks, Does it make sense?
3
Mumia Abu Jamal: The Patron Saint of American Cop Killers
A new “running away” witness wouldn't explain away the eyewitness
observations of Chobert from his cab, Scanlan from his T-Bird, White from the
sidewalk, or Magilton from the street. The discovery under a rock—or a woodpile
—of a long ...
4
Four Ages of Understanding
The dualists explain away quantitative and qualitative or “developmental” change
in favor of change of place (rearrangement of atoms) as the only “real“ change.
But what this change consists in they presuppose rather than explain. Thus ...
those who differ from you " wilfully explain away." They explain by the help of the
very same instrument that you explain — the ordinary faculties of our intelligent
nature. What authority, then, have you to judge the inward character of other men,
...
6
Popular objections to Unitarian Christianity: considered and ...
We now come to the second charge, that we explain away those passages which
we do not deny and expunge. That is to say, we put a forced construction on them
, and depart from their natural meaning to a degree wholly unjustifiable.
George Washington Burnap, 1853
7
The Visigoths from the Migration Period to the Seventh ...
SCHWARCZ: I have noted that we did discuss this in the evening and after that I
looked it up once again in the book. You have to explain away all mentions of
Goths also by Ambrose (Ep. 20) in Milan at the time of Valentinian II. HEATHER: ...
8
Applied Latent Class Analysis
Is there a latent variable X that can explain away the observed (manifest)
relationship between variables A and B, when we take into account the (
unobserved) relationship that this latent variable X may have with variable A and
the ...
Jacques A. Hagenaars, Allan L. McCutcheon, 2002
(2) (a) Particle precedes suffix (1) %march-through-ee, explain-away-ee (2) *
march-ee through, *explain-ee away (3) ?*march-ee through-ee (only language
play for comic effect?) (b) Suffix precedes particle (1) *march-through-ing, ...
10
A Valency Dictionary of English: A Corpus-based Analysis of ...
give a credible explanation of) + away — NP + to N Nicholas Ridley had to
explain away to MPs the deals struck by his predecessor as Trade Secretary,
Lord Young. (= give a credible explanation of) explanation noun P1 More
explanations ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXPLAIN AWAY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
explain away is used in the context of the following news items.
Media Watch Dog: Ray Martin prejudges ABC's Q&A review
It sure beats having to explain away your (broken) promise that the Greek banks would re-open one day after the referendum. Can you bear it? «The Australian, Jul 15»
Trump's foreign policy foibles are no laughing matter
Many candidates struggle to explain away America's apparent hypocrisy in, say, claiming to promote democracy while cosying up to dictators. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
Parents Upset Minions Toys From McDonald's Appear To Be Cursing
The "I'll be damned" one, though, is a little harder to explain away; once you hear it, it's hard to unhear. For McDonald's part, they are sticking by ... «Comicbook.com, Jul 15»
Alex Massie: Republican party on shaky ground
Even so, mere celebrity cannot explain away all Trump's appeal. A new poll of Republican voters in North Carolina puts Trump in first place ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
Selena Gomez Is Ready For a 'Bad Blood' Sequel, So Are We
That's the only way to explain away the video's lackluster conclusion. We understand that, after her overhyped promo campaign, it would've ... «PopCrush, Jul 15»
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The reader may by now be wondering how FCMB's witness has attempted to explain away all of these outrageous events. For those interested ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jul 15»
Nykhor Paul, Tired of Apologizing for Her Blackness, Fights Fashion …
Designers will cite their desire for “unity” in a fashion show to explain away a lack of a black presence on the catwalk, but this was “a copout,” ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
Serena Williams should beat Maria Sharapova for 17th straight time …
Those factors alone are enough to explain away the difference between five and 20 major titles. “I think Serena and Maria are two totally ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
Rebecca Makkai pushes beyond face value in the complex …
"We take most everything at face value," the lawyer says with a shrug, trying to explain away the situation. "Otherwise, how would we get by? «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
Stacey Dash wants Donald Trump to be president because of …
Univision's decision came after the very remarks Dash was trying to explain away, in which Trump called illegal immigrants rapists and ... «The Grio, Jul 15»
