Spoken English in Ireland, 1600-1740: Twenty-seven Representative Texts |
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... verbs has in any case a consuetudinal meaning ; in the Irish verb " to be " the ending - ( e ) ann is found only in the consue- tudinal present bidheann , not in the punctual present tá ; the auxiliary " to do " would therefore come to ...
... verbs has in any case a consuetudinal meaning ; in the Irish verb " to be " the ending - ( e ) ann is found only in the consue- tudinal present bidheann , not in the punctual present tá ; the auxiliary " to do " would therefore come to ...
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... verbs which in Irish have a ( compound ) perfect tense are verbs of motion , and ( as in many other languages ) the perfect is formed , not with the verb " to have " as in English , but with the verb " to be " and the past participle ...
... verbs which in Irish have a ( compound ) perfect tense are verbs of motion , and ( as in many other languages ) the perfect is formed , not with the verb " to have " as in English , but with the verb " to be " and the past participle ...
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... verb " to do " for the verb " to be " and make good seventeenth- century English ; the scalded child does fear the fire and she did go lame would have been quite acceptable . In other instances , how- ever , the meaning is plainly that ...
... verb " to do " for the verb " to be " and make good seventeenth- century English ; the scalded child does fear the fire and she did go lame would have been quite acceptable . In other instances , how- ever , the meaning is plainly that ...
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THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 9 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS TEXTS | 31 |
Captain Thomas Stukeley 15961605 | 77 |
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