CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HARK BACK
PRESENT
Present
I hark back
you hark back
he/she/it harks back
we hark back
you hark back
they hark back
Present continuous
I am harking back
you are harking back
he/she/it is harking back
we are harking back
you are harking back
they are harking back
Present perfect
I have harked back
you have harked back
he/she/it has harked back
we have harked back
you have harked back
they have harked back
Present perfect continuous
I have been harking back
you have been harking back
he/she/it has been harking back
we have been harking back
you have been harking back
they have been harking back
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 harked back
you harked back
he/she/it harked back
we harked back
you harked back
they harked back
Past continuous
I was harking back
you were harking back
he/she/it was harking back
we were harking back
you were harking back
they were harking back
Past perfect
I had harked back
you had harked back
he/she/it had harked back
we had harked back
you had harked back
they had harked back
Past perfect continuous
I had been harking back
you had been harking back
he/she/it had been harking back
we had been harking back
you had been harking back
they had been harking back
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will hark back
you will hark back
he/she/it will hark back
we will hark back
you will hark back
they will hark back
Future continuous
I will be harking back
you will be harking back
he/she/it will be harking back
we will be harking back
you will be harking back
they will be harking back
Future perfect
I will have harked back
you will have harked back
he/she/it will have harked back
we will have harked back
you will have harked back
they will have harked back
Future perfect continuous
I will have been harking back
you will have been harking back
he/she/it will have been harking back
we will have been harking back
you will have been harking back
they will have been harking back
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would hark back
you would hark back
he/she/it would hark back
we would hark back
you would hark back
they would hark back
Conditional continuous
I would be harking back
you would be harking back
he/she/it would be harking back
we would be harking back
you would be harking back
they would be harking back
Conditional perfect
I would have hark back
you would have hark back
he/she/it would have hark back
we would have hark back
you would have hark back
they would have hark back
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been harking back
you would have been harking back
he/she/it would have been harking back
we would have been harking back
you would have been harking back
they would have been harking back
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you hark back
we let´s hark back
you hark back
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
harked back
Present Participle
harking back
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 «HARK BACK»
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hark back in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hark back and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style
The spelling hairlip is incorrect. hark back / hearken back / harken back / harp
back The phrases hark back and hearken back (along with its variant harken
back) mean the same thing: "to return to or remind one of a previous point in time,
as in ...
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005
2
The English dialect dictionary
I War. My memory harks back, Mid]. CONN/f6? Iln-alilt Dec. 31, 1896); \Var.3 \Vor.
You've read too fur, you must hark back a bit (J.\V.P.). w.Som.l The phr. is taken
from hunting talk, when if the houan lose the scent they are made to hark-back, i.
3
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
^phrasal verb hark back to sth repeat© 1 If someone harks back to something in
the past, they talk about it again and again, often in a way which annoys other
people: He's always harking back to his childhood and saying how things were ...
4
Garner's Modern American Usage
*Harken back and *hearken back are NEEDLESS VARIANTS that, taken together
, are about half as common as hark back. B. Wrongly Written *harp back. This odd
mistake seems not to have spread beyond BrE—e.g.: • “It just encourages ...
Clap round him, dear 1ack, Clap round, clap round, Haik, Drdmmer, hark back,
Hark back, hark back. He's jumping and dodging at every bush, Little Riot has
fastened her teeth in his brush. Who-whoop ! — Who-whoop ! He's fairly run
down, .
6
The book of days: a miscellany of popular antiquities in ...
Hark La-sher, hark J owler, hark back, hnrk back ! He's jumping and dan ling in
every brish ; Little Riot has fastened his teeth in his brush ! Whohoop, Whohoop,
he 's fairly run down ! Whohoop, Whohoop, give Tom his half-crown !' leaping a ...
7
Pierce Egan's Book of sports, and mirror of life
But, hold — alas 1 you'll spoil our sport, For, though the hound, you'll head him
short, Clap round him, dear Jack, clap round, clap round, Hark Drummer, hark,
hark, hark, hark, hark, back. He's jumping and dangling in every bush ; Little Riot
...
8
Sporting Anecdotes, Original and Selected: Including ...
Hark Drummer, hark, hark, hark, hark, hark, back. He's jumping and dangling in
every bush; Little Riot has fastened his teeth in his brush! Who-hoop, who-hoop
he's fairly run down! Wko-lioop, 8cc, HUNTING THE HARE. Soires and sonnets ...
9
Concise English Dictionary
v.t. to listen: to listen (to: also with at): to go in quest, or to follow (with after). —
hark-back a going back again (fit and fig.). — hark away, back, forward cries to
urge hounds and hunters; hark back to revert (to an earlier topic, etc.). |See
hearken.
10
Common Errors in English Usage
Online version of Common Errors in English Usage written by Paul Brians.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARK BACK»
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hark back is used in the context of the following news items.
Bryan Singer Teases More Comic Book-y Costumes in X-Men …
In X-Men: First Class, which I produced and wrote the story for, we hark back to the original colors of the original costumes from the 1963 ... «Cinema Blend, Jul 15»
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Grooverider's 1992 remix of Up Tempo by Tronic House or Kevin Saunderson wearing his European Rave hat hark back to a vital period when ... «THUMP, Jul 15»
Archie and his friends get a (darker) makeover to connect with …
... a brilliant combination of 'bigger, scarier, toothier' dinosaurs (and their CGI) and Easter eggs or nostalgia-inducing elements that hark back to ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
Comment: Child injury-prevention efforts have paid off
Finally, for those like the letter-writer who hark back to the good old days when children took greater risks (“Children's play should be less ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
Cooper frontrunner for Wallabies No 10 - Perth Now
A Cooper-Genia-Giteau playmaking nucleus would hark back to the famous Hong Kong Test of 2010, when the Wallabies edged the All Blacks ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»
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But at times the camera itself turns threatening, prowling the quiet suburban streets in eerily smooth tracking shots that hark back to John ... «Newcastle Herald, Jul 15»
This one simple trick can help you grill the perfect corn - The …
Cooking in the husk mates smoking, grilling and steaming and creates the most heady aroma and a flavor that seems to hark back to the field ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Hyundai Tucson review
... and the rounded rear end is smart and has rear light clusters that hark back to other Hyundai models like the i20 supermini. It's a far cry from ... «AutoExpress, Jul 15»
Sleek Ayrton Senna Tribute Triumph Bonneville by Tarso Marques …
As for the wheels, they are both retro and racey, as Marques opted for lenticular ones that hark back to the track days of yore. Riding this ... «autoevolution, Jul 15»
Sweet success at Crudwell strawberry fair
The roots of the strawberry fayre hark back World War Two when GI bride Pat Harding left England for a new life in Indianapolis where she was ... «This Is Wiltshire, Jul 15»
