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#tense — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #tense, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Real Betis Vs Real Madrid: Tchouameni out as a tense title chase sharpens in Seville

    real betis vs real madrid opened with a familiar kind of quiet tension in Seville: one side trying…
    #Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #Seville #Betis #chase #Madrid #out #Real #sharpens #Tchouameni #tense #title
    europesays.com/spain/11517/

  2. window shopping

    The image shows a barred window at dusk, exploring themes of confinement and mystery. The altered colors enhance the moody, urban feel, inviting viewers to reflect on what lies beyond.

    #photo #photography #mood #urban #grasping #street #mood #doubt #tense #edgy #photography #street #dusk #dark #alley #urbanex #contrast #urban #alley #mystery #backalley #window #grill

  3. I'm a big proponent of "someone who..." rather than saying "someone that..."
    I know it's grammatically acceptable, I'm saying it's not just a missed opportunity, it's dumbing-down our #language and making our #communications less human. Literally.
    Calling a #person "that" demotes us to become just as boring as an #object and not worthy of distinction from same. What are your thoughts, #fediverse?
    #grammar #tense #use #personify #personification #human #gender #verb #past #English #writing #style

  4. There is no grammatical #tense in either #Cantonese or #Mandarin, but there are a whopping 39 verb suffixes in Cantonese, including 15 #aspect markers! In contrast, Mandarin has 3 aspect-marking verb suffixes. (For reference: there are 4 aspects in English, of which 3 are marked.)

    #華語#廣東話 一樣,冇 #時態 (tense),但係會用 #動詞後綴 表示 # (aspect,類似英文嘅進行式、完成式)。

    華語只有3種動詞後綴:了、著、過
    廣東話就有39種動詞後綴,包括 15 種「體」:咗、過、落(實現體)、定、緊、吓、住、實、生晒、衡晒、起上嚟、起、得、落(開始體)、開

    Source 來源:
    《語法講義》朱德熙
    《粵語語法講義》鄧思穎