单词 | sequence of tenses |
释义 | > as lemmassequence of tenses b. Grammar. Chiefly in sequence of tenses, the manner in which the tense of a subordinate clause depends on that of the principal clause. Cf. consecution n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > tense > [noun] > sequence of tenses in compound sentence sequence of tenses1848 consecution1871 1848 J. T. White Xenophon's Anab. (1872) i. viii. §15 Notes 72 What is in Latin the sequence of tenses is in Greek the sequence of moods. 1891 Sonnenschein Plautus' Rudens 91 The sequence of tenses hic dico..qui adornaret ut faciat is Plautine. 1892 L. Kellner Hist. Outl. Eng. Syntax §371 Sequence of Tenses (‘consecutio temporum’). Principal tenses depend on principal tenses; historical on historical. < as lemmas |
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