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2 | 39% | 9 | Verbal tones and inflections | |
3 | 33% | 5 | Inflections | |
Verbal Inflections Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "TENSES" which means:
- adjective
- • In or of a state of physical or nervous tension
- • Pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
- • Taut or rigid; stretched tight noun
- • A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time verb
- • Become stretched or tense or taut
- • Increase the tension on
- • Become tense, nervous, or uneasy
- • Cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
An example sentence would be:
- • "There are three grammatical tenses in english: past, present, and future."
- • "He struggled with the verb tenses in his english homework."
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New York Times02 Jan 1998 | Across 24 | |
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