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... present participle was formed ; in American English aborning is used in the same sense [ Burchfield ( 1972 ) s.v. ] . §188 . A number of texts use endingless past participles of weak verbs rob ... present tá sé he is ' ; present - day 292.
... present participle was formed ; in American English aborning is used in the same sense [ Burchfield ( 1972 ) s.v. ] . §188 . A number of texts use endingless past participles of weak verbs rob ... present tá sé he is ' ; present - day 292.
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... present he does be distinct from the punctual present he is . It is probable that the use of the verb " to do " as a consue- tudinal auxiliary results from an association between this verb , as used in English in negative ...
... present he does be distinct from the punctual present he is . It is probable that the use of the verb " to do " as a consue- tudinal auxiliary results from an association between this verb , as used in English in negative ...
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... present - day Hiberno - English by the literal translation he is after writing ' he has ( just ) written . ' Constructions in which after is followed by the present participle are fairly numerous in our texts , but only one of them is ...
... present - day Hiberno - English by the literal translation he is after writing ' he has ( just ) written . ' Constructions in which after is followed by the present participle are fairly numerous in our texts , but only one of them is ...
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THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 9 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS TEXTS | 31 |
Captain Thomas Stukeley 15961605 | 77 |
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Aphorismical Discovery back vowel bilingual speakers Bog-Witticisms Captain consonant dialects diphthong Dobson doubt Dublin Dunton ejaculation England evidence final Fingall Fingallian front vowels Hiberno Hiberno-English Honest Whore instances Ireland Irish Hudibras Irish language Irish Masque Irish neutral Irish words lengthening loanwords long vowel Manx Gaelic meaning medial Middle English Munster Irish non-standard spellings noun oaths occurs origin palatal palatal consonant Patrick phonemes phrase play postponed stress present-day Hiberno-English primary language printed probably pronounced pronunciation Purgatorium Hibernicum rapparees referred reflect represent rhyme Scottish Scottish Gaelic secondary language seems seventeenth century sh-spellings shelf short vowel shortening Shoul speech Standard English Stukeley syllable Teague tell texts Thomas Stukeley thou Ubique XII Ulster unstressed unvoicing usage verb viii voiced Welsh Embassador write construction writers xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxvi xxvii