| 31. | In the present tense, they use the " preterite " endings of the strong verbs.
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| 32. | :: Jayron, are you sure that the last syllable of premodern English preterites was actually stressed?
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| 33. | A dozen or so primary statives survived, in the form of the " preterite-present verbs ".
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| 34. | The following table presents substantially all extant forms of each of the existing preterite-present verbs in Gothic.
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| 35. | The simple preterite indicative, descending from the Latin perfect indicative, is primarily used in contemporary written Catalan.
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| 36. | Cronkite's entire career is being summed up as a single fact, so you use the preterite.
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| 37. | As stated above, deciding whether to use the preterite or the imperfect can present some difficulty for English speakers.
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| 38. | An important subset of these verbs are the preterite-present verbs, which are shared by all Germanic languages.
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| 39. | Please note the use of-ss-instead of-% % -in the preterite forms.
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| 40. | Following are the common preterite-presents, including the modals, in Middle High German with their associated meanings:
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