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sequence of tenses

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables
se-quence of tens-es
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of consecutio temporum.

Etymology

Calque of Latin cōnsecūtiō temporum.

Synonyms

consecutio temporum

Questions

What does sequence of tenses mean?
Synonym of consecutio temporum.
Where does sequence of tenses come from?
Calque of Latin cōnsecūtiō temporum.

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