CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO NONPLUSSES
PRESENT
Present
I nonplusses
you nonplusses
he/she/it nonplusseses
we nonplusses
you nonplusses
they nonplusses
Present continuous
I am nonplussesing
you are nonplussesing
he/she/it is nonplussesing
we are nonplussesing
you are nonplussesing
they are nonplussesing
Present perfect
I have nonplussesed
you have nonplussesed
he/she/it has nonplussesed
we have nonplussesed
you have nonplussesed
they have nonplussesed
Present perfect continuous
I have been nonplussesing
you have been nonplussesing
he/she/it has been nonplussesing
we have been nonplussesing
you have been nonplussesing
they have been nonplussesing
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 nonplussesed
you nonplussesed
he/she/it nonplussesed
we nonplussesed
you nonplussesed
they nonplussesed
Past continuous
I was nonplussesing
you were nonplussesing
he/she/it was nonplussesing
we were nonplussesing
you were nonplussesing
they were nonplussesing
Past perfect
I had nonplussesed
you had nonplussesed
he/she/it had nonplussesed
we had nonplussesed
you had nonplussesed
they had nonplussesed
Past perfect continuous
I had been nonplussesing
you had been nonplussesing
he/she/it had been nonplussesing
we had been nonplussesing
you had been nonplussesing
they had been nonplussesing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will nonplusses
you will nonplusses
he/she/it will nonplusses
we will nonplusses
you will nonplusses
they will nonplusses
Future continuous
I will be nonplussesing
you will be nonplussesing
he/she/it will be nonplussesing
we will be nonplussesing
you will be nonplussesing
they will be nonplussesing
Future perfect
I will have nonplussesed
you will have nonplussesed
he/she/it will have nonplussesed
we will have nonplussesed
you will have nonplussesed
they will have nonplussesed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been nonplussesing
you will have been nonplussesing
he/she/it will have been nonplussesing
we will have been nonplussesing
you will have been nonplussesing
they will have been nonplussesing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would nonplusses
you would nonplusses
he/she/it would nonplusses
we would nonplusses
you would nonplusses
they would nonplusses
Conditional continuous
I would be nonplussesing
you would be nonplussesing
he/she/it would be nonplussesing
we would be nonplussesing
you would be nonplussesing
they would be nonplussesing
Conditional perfect
I would have nonplusses
you would have nonplusses
he/she/it would have nonplusses
we would have nonplusses
you would have nonplusses
they would have nonplusses
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been nonplussesing
you would have been nonplussesing
he/she/it would have been nonplussesing
we would have been nonplussesing
you would have been nonplussesing
they would have been nonplussesing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you nonplusses
we let´s nonplusses
you nonplusses
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
nonplussesed
Present Participle
nonplussesing
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 «NONPLUSSES»
Discover the use of
nonplusses in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nonplusses and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados
Being now made much abler to make their queries, of the secrets of that mystery,
by how much their often failings, had put them to often stops and nonplusses in
the work.199 And so returning with most Plants, and better Knowledge, they went
...
Richard Ligon, Karen Ordahl Kupperman, 2011
It is lie who nonplusses the propounder of a grand theory by mildly inquiring how
he proposes to make it work in its details. The young man John and
sentimentality are sworn foes. They cannot both live in the same atmosphere. He
puts an ...
3
American Pronouncing Dictionary of English Language
Metallizing. Metallized. Metallurgic. Metallurgist Metallurgy. Modality. (?)
Modelling. Modelled. Modeller. Newmodelling. Newmodelled. Nonplussing.
Nonplussed. Nonplusses. Outgener ailing. Outgeneral led. Panelling. Panelled.
Paralleling.
Alexander H. Laidlaw, 1859
4
Baptist Missionary Magazine
'l'he children of the missionaries here, have all been vaccinated within a fortnight,
with matter fresh from Madras, but not one shows any signs of its taking. It
nonplusses all the regimental surgeons, to account for it, but though for many
years it ...
5
Prodigal Daughter: A Journey to Byzantium
Greek guerrillas strut wearing criss-crossed cartridge belts. A Bulgarian soldier
stands sentry at the train station. It is the Bulgarian who nonplusses the author: “
He was standing at attention, gripping a preposterously long-barrelled rifle with
an ...
6
Men of Our Day; or, Biographical sketches of patriots, ...
... BritiSh senate, SChuylel' Colfax is today that of the Amencan House c655, but l
\'othing f his preIn the chair, he is suave and forbearing almpst to ex as 1mpart1al
as the opposite Congressional clock. escapes him, nothing nonplusses him, ...
Linus Pierpont BROCKETT, 1868
7
The complete works of Stephen Charnock, B.D.
The heart of man being stuffed with self-love, frames a multitude of miserable
comforters as weak as Adam's fig-leaves; but when the Spirit ariseth in the
ministry of the law, he tears all those coverings, nonplusses all those subtile
evasions, ...
8
Thinking about Everything: A Medley of Whimsical Musings
... using “a shirt or something”. Learning that this is wrong, he then suggests that
the murder weapon might have been a “bungee cord”. Detective Short corrects
Erickson, telling him it was “a belt”. This fact nonplusses Erickson, who sits back
in ...
9
The Deity of Jesus Christ Essential to the Christian ...
It shocks reason and staggers faith; it nonplusses imagination and glares on the
mind as an impious absurdity. What, shall He who j s persect, shall the Lion of the
tribe of Judah, be terrified at the approach of death ; a death in which he suffers ...
Jacques Abbadie, Abraham Booth, 1777
10
Elements of mental and moral science; designed to exhibit ...
... for instance, as the mutual attraction of the earth, and the heavenly bodies; — a
fact which nonplusses the followers of the old philosophy, (the supposition of any
thing intervening between the earth and moon does not destroy the difficulty, ...
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NONPLUSSES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
nonplusses is used in the context of the following news items.
Adjmi-Designed Residential Conversion Fails to Woo Board
nonplus |nän?pl?s| = verb (nonpluses or nonplusses, nonplussing, nonplussed) [ with obj. ] surprise and confuse (someone) so much that they ... «Curbed NY, Feb 15»
Real net neutrality
Today, only about 2.3 million people subscribe to AOL's dial-up service, and the fact that even that many do nonplusses most tech industry ... «Baltimore Sun, Feb 15»
Album Review: Woody Allen – The Stand-Up Years 1964-1968
That last thing is an “independent party,” Allen nonplusses. During a show, a woman mortifyingly asks Allen if he's ever “been picked up by a ... «Consequence of Sound, Jan 15»
Tony Law review – knight errant of tomfoolery risks a nonsense …
But Law pretends otherwise – that it's slapdash, that he's only doing it because he can't do proper comedy, that his gibberish nonplusses even ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
Apple's free U2 album is an exercise in tone-deaf music spam
... band or act designed to appeal to people like them, but that nonplusses a significant chunk of Apple's audience (not least anyone under 30). «Stuff.tv, Sep 14»
Book News: A Literary Dating Site, Miniature Books
“Vehemence of feeling nonplusses the modern personality, a hostage to ambiguity and irony.” At the Boston Review, Calvin Bedient on the ... «New Yorker, Jul 13»
Why Don't Hotels Provide A Simple Light Switch?
... that close just as I like to get out of bed on the weekend, the one thing that nonplusses me more than anything else in hotels is the lighting. «Huffington Post, Dec 12»
Why Republicans Can't Harness Indian-American Patel Power
... of this country, it doesn't anger Indians, it nonplusses them. It effectively signals to them that they don't fully belong in America or their party. «Reason, Oct 12»
Revolutionary Road needs some cheese for its whine
The Wheelers' planned Parisian trip nonplusses their friends and colleagues, including an amusingly tweedy Dylan Baker as Frank's co-worker ... «Creative Loafing Atlanta, Jun 10»
