ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POLLUTE
Polute, from Latin polluere to defile.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO POLLUTE
PRESENT
Present
I pollute
you pollute
he/she/it pollutes
we pollute
you pollute
they pollute
Present continuous
I am polluting
you are polluting
he/she/it is polluting
we are polluting
you are polluting
they are polluting
Present perfect
I have polluted
you have polluted
he/she/it has polluted
we have polluted
you have polluted
they have polluted
Present perfect continuous
I have been polluting
you have been polluting
he/she/it has been polluting
we have been polluting
you have been polluting
they have been polluting
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 polluted
you polluted
he/she/it polluted
we polluted
you polluted
they polluted
Past continuous
I was polluting
you were polluting
he/she/it was polluting
we were polluting
you were polluting
they were polluting
Past perfect
I had polluted
you had polluted
he/she/it had polluted
we had polluted
you had polluted
they had polluted
Past perfect continuous
I had been polluting
you had been polluting
he/she/it had been polluting
we had been polluting
you had been polluting
they had been polluting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will pollute
you will pollute
he/she/it will pollute
we will pollute
you will pollute
they will pollute
Future continuous
I will be polluting
you will be polluting
he/she/it will be polluting
we will be polluting
you will be polluting
they will be polluting
Future perfect
I will have polluted
you will have polluted
he/she/it will have polluted
we will have polluted
you will have polluted
they will have polluted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been polluting
you will have been polluting
he/she/it will have been polluting
we will have been polluting
you will have been polluting
they will have been polluting
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would pollute
you would pollute
he/she/it would pollute
we would pollute
you would pollute
they would pollute
Conditional continuous
I would be polluting
you would be polluting
he/she/it would be polluting
we would be polluting
you would be polluting
they would be polluting
Conditional perfect
I would have pollute
you would have pollute
he/she/it would have pollute
we would have pollute
you would have pollute
they would have pollute
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been polluting
you would have been polluting
he/she/it would have been polluting
we would have been polluting
you would have been polluting
they would have been polluting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you pollute
we let´s pollute
you pollute
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
polluting
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.
5 QUOTES WITH «POLLUTE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
pollute.
Human activity is having a major impact on the planet. We consume or have diverted a large proportion of the productivity of the land and oceans. Our hunger for land crowds out fellow species. Our waste products pollute the waters, warm the atmosphere and acidify the oceans.
For years, my master had done his utmost to pollute my mind with foul images, and to destroy the pure principles inculcated by my grandmother, and the good mistress of my childhood.
Shrimp farms are a scourge on the earth, frankly, from an environmental point of view. They pour huge amounts of pollutants into the ocean. They also pollute their next-door neighbors.
BP had a lease to drill. They did not have a lease to pollute the Gulf of Mexico. They did not have a lease to blow oil into the environment. They did not have a lease to disperse the oil and try to hide the body. They don't have a lease to clean up.
If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLLUTE»
Discover the use of
pollute in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pollute and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Do oligopolists
pollute less?: evidence from a restructured ...
This study estimates the environmental implications of production inefficiencies attributed to market power in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland electricity market.
Erin Mansur, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007
2
Principles of Economics
According to the Coase theorem, how might Ringo and Luciano reach an efficient
outcome on their own? What might prevent them from reaching an efficient
outcome? 9. Figure 4 shows that for any given demand curve for the right to
pollute, ...
3
When to
pollute, when to abate?: intertemporal permit use in ...
We empirically investigate intertemporal trading of permits using panel data on RECLAIM facilities for 1994-2006. Facilities undertake trading by using a considerable proportion of permits of the opposite cycle.
Stephen P. Holland, Michael Robert Moore, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008
4
Regret the Error: How Media Mistakes
Pollute the Press and ...
How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil Free Speech Craig Silverman.
Unreliable. Sources. Now, years later, few of the media outlets that wrote about
toothing have run a correction to advise readers of the false information. To cap ...
5
Don't
Pollute Your Own Stream
Megan Wells. Don't Pollute Your Own Stream I i Megan Wells DON'T POLLUTE
YOUR OWN STREAM Megan Wells Copyright June 30th. Front Cover.
6
Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide To The Changing ...
Is It Immoral to "Buy the Right to Pollute"? Market incentives are designed to
place a discreet economic value on the environment, as well as the measures
corporations may use to protect it. In this way, the values of the market are
brought to ...
7
Transnational Common Goods
Both have two strategies available: to pollute the river (P) as a side effect of some
benefit-yielding activity or not to pollute it (~P). The activity yields benefit, b, and
produces a negative externality, e, with 0 , e , b, as in the model oflake pollution ...
Katharina Holzinger, 2008
8
Public Finance and Public Policy: Responsibilities and ...
We now introduce a “missing market” for the right to pollute and give legal rights
in this market to Crusoe, who can sell units of the right to pollute to the factory.
When he sells a unit of the right to pollute, Crusoe incurs a loss due to the
adverse ...
The firm is not paying to pollute; it is paying to have some other business firm
reduce its pollution. Suppose firm A can eliminate its pollution at a lower cost
than firm B. Firm B now pays firm A to eliminate its own (firm A's) pollution.
Instead of ...
10
New Directions in the Economic Theory of the Environment
This choice is binary; the countries may Abate or Pollute. Within each cell, the
number on the left is A's payoff, and the number on the right is B's. One can think
of these payoffs as being measured in monetary terms, although in this particular
...
Carlo Carraro, Domenico Siniscalco, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLLUTE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
pollute is used in the context of the following news items.
California businesses pay others to curb emissions
Businesses can emit less pollution, buy allowances to pollute, or they can pay for other projects – called offsets - to reduce emissions rather ... «89.3 KPCC, Jul 15»
Opponents protest proposed Keystone XL in advance of hearing
Critics fear the pipeline could pollute the environment. Proponents say pipelines are safer than trains for transporting oil, and that the Keystone ... «Rapid City Journal, Jul 15»
Not such a Glorious Twelfth: Should driven grouse-shooting be …
... blanket bogs, increase greenhouse gas emissions, pollute water supplies and possibly lead to increased flood risks downstream of the hills. «The Independent, Jul 15»
To sort or not to sort? That is the recycling question
Be especially careful not to pollute your bin with loose plastic bags, shredded paper, and locally unrecyclable plastics. If you're following rule No. 1, this is a ... «Grist, Jul 15»
A Dalit's story
... the area designated for the Mahars - a Dalit community to which Pawar belonged - to live away from the main village in order not to pollute it. «Business Standard, Jul 15»
Displaying toilets on property is not artistic
We create laws to protect the well-being of our citizens from others who would pollute our drinking water or spew filthy air into our homes or ... «WatertownDailyTimes.com, Jul 15»
Apple Inc. Microsoft Corporation Among Companies That Pledge …
... is on private companies that utilize significant resources for production, and in the process, greatly pollute the environment they operate in. «Bidness ETC, Jul 15»
VA's Largest Polluter Footprint to Shrink
The largest polluter in Virginia plans to pollute less by scaling back on the outdoor burning of toxic waste, a practice that community activists ... «WVTF, Jul 15»
Bacteria become source of 'greener' blue jeans
Producing that indigo releases chemicals that can pollute water and harm fish. That's prompted scientists to seek cleaner — as in “greener” ... «Science News for Students, Jul 15»
A day in photos
Local people worry the Egat plant and associated coal delivery port would pollute the environment.PHOTO BY CHANAT KATANYU. Protesters ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
