CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GRAMMATICISE
PRESENT
Present
I grammaticise
you grammaticise
he/she/it grammaticises
we grammaticise
you grammaticise
they grammaticise
Present continuous
I am grammaticising
you are grammaticising
he/she/it is grammaticising
we are grammaticising
you are grammaticising
they are grammaticising
Present perfect
I have grammaticised
you have grammaticised
he/she/it has grammaticised
we have grammaticised
you have grammaticised
they have grammaticised
Present perfect continuous
I have been grammaticising
you have been grammaticising
he/she/it has been grammaticising
we have been grammaticising
you have been grammaticising
they have been grammaticising
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 grammaticised
you grammaticised
he/she/it grammaticised
we grammaticised
you grammaticised
they grammaticised
Past continuous
I was grammaticising
you were grammaticising
he/she/it was grammaticising
we were grammaticising
you were grammaticising
they were grammaticising
Past perfect
I had grammaticised
you had grammaticised
he/she/it had grammaticised
we had grammaticised
you had grammaticised
they had grammaticised
Past perfect continuous
I had been grammaticising
you had been grammaticising
he/she/it had been grammaticising
we had been grammaticising
you had been grammaticising
they had been grammaticising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will grammaticise
you will grammaticise
he/she/it will grammaticise
we will grammaticise
you will grammaticise
they will grammaticise
Future continuous
I will be grammaticising
you will be grammaticising
he/she/it will be grammaticising
we will be grammaticising
you will be grammaticising
they will be grammaticising
Future perfect
I will have grammaticised
you will have grammaticised
he/she/it will have grammaticised
we will have grammaticised
you will have grammaticised
they will have grammaticised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been grammaticising
you will have been grammaticising
he/she/it will have been grammaticising
we will have been grammaticising
you will have been grammaticising
they will have been grammaticising
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would grammaticise
you would grammaticise
he/she/it would grammaticise
we would grammaticise
you would grammaticise
they would grammaticise
Conditional continuous
I would be grammaticising
you would be grammaticising
he/she/it would be grammaticising
we would be grammaticising
you would be grammaticising
they would be grammaticising
Conditional perfect
I would have grammaticise
you would have grammaticise
he/she/it would have grammaticise
we would have grammaticise
you would have grammaticise
they would have grammaticise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been grammaticising
you would have been grammaticising
he/she/it would have been grammaticising
we would have been grammaticising
you would have been grammaticising
they would have been grammaticising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you grammaticise
we let´s grammaticise
you grammaticise
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to grammaticise
Past participle
grammaticised
Present Participle
grammaticising
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 «GRAMMATICISE»
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1
Die Berliner Abendblätter Heinrich von Kleists : ihre ...
Pluractional verbs that grammaticise number through the part-of relation Lucia M.
Tovena This paper pursues an analysis of verbs like Italian mordicchiare (nibble)
as event-internal pluractional verbs that denote composite single events where ...
Reineke Bok-Bennema, Brigitte Kampers-Manhe, Bart Hollebrandse, 2010
2
Utterance Structure: Developing Grammars Again
... coalition of semantic and pragmatic constraints. As these devices grammaticise
utterances further, the initial topic-focus division of utterances becomes less clear
. Both groups of learners start out with NPs whose most CONCLUSIONS 321.
Wolfgang Klein, Clive Perdue, 1992
3
Plays and poems of William Shakespeare
... let Farmer answer for himself: I never engaged in this controversy. I always
said Shakspeare had Latin enough to grammaticise his English." Boswell's Life of
Dr. Johnson, vol. iii. 26i. The world in general, and those who purpose to
comment ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, 1821
4
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Comprehending an Account of His ...
I always said Shakespeare had Latin enough to grammaticise his English.”' “ A
clergyman, whom he characterised as one who loved to say little oddities, was
affecting one day, at a bisbop's table, a sort of slyness and freedom not in
character, ...
James Boswell, Hester Lynch Thrale, Edmond Malone, 1826
5
The post-captain; or, the wooden walls well manned; ...
Besides, he wished much to sentimeutalize his young wife; to grammaticise her
English; to give her a taste for poetry, and polish into elegance her city
aukwardness. And all this he undertook to do himself !' Oh! what a delightful task
for a ...
6
The Edinburgh Review Or Critical Journal
We acknowledge, too, that the great body of our educated countrymen learn to
grammaticise their English by means of their Latin. This however, proves, not the
usefulness of their Latin, but the folly of their other instructors. Instead of being a ...
... use Dr. Johnson's phrase, ' Latin enough to grammaticise his English.” Slight
and fugitive as may be the literary acquirements which a boy can have made at
the age when, to make him a good sailor, he should be sent to sea, they may be
of.
8
Selections from the Edinburgh Review, Comprising the Best ...
We acknowledge, too, that the great body of our educated countrymen learn to
grammaticise their English by means of their Latin. This, however, proves, not the
usefulness of their Latin, but the folly of their other instructors. Instead of being a ...
9
The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a ...
Upon this he observed, ' Sir, let Farmer answer for himself : I never engaged in
this controversy, I always said Shakspeare had Latin enough to grammaticise his
English/" " A clergyman, whom he characterised as one who loved to say little ...
James Boswell, Robert Carruthers, 1851
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Prolegomena by J. Boswell, L. Theobald, Sir T. Hanmer, W. ...
I alwa s said Shakspeare had Latin enough to grammaticise his Englis .”
Boswel1's Life of Dr. Johnson, vol. iii. '264~. ' Mr. Farmer closes the general
testimonies of Shakspeare's having 368 APPENDIX TO MR. COLMAN'S.
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, 1821
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