Imperfect
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Imperfect
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The imperfect is a verb form that combines past tense and imperfective aspect. It can have meanings similar to the English "was walking" or "used to walk". It contrasts with preterite forms, which refer to a single completed event in the past. Traditionally, the imperfect of languages such as Latin and French is referred to as one of the tenses, although it actually encodes aspectual information in addition to tense. It may be more precisely called past imperfective. English has no general imper
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Grammatical construct combining past tense with continuing aspect
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2024-02-16T11:08:59Z
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