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Simple past
The simple past or past simple, sometimes called the preterite,
The term "simple" is used to distinguish the syntactical construction whose basic form uses the plai
Noun
PL
simple pasts
(grammar) A
tense
used
to
describe
something
that
happened
in the
past
,
formed
by
inflection
of a
single
word
(i.e., without any auxiliary verb such as be or have).
Meaning of
simple past
for the defined word.
Grammatically, this idiom "simple past" is a
noun
, more specifically, a
countable noun
.
Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
Nouns
Countable nouns
Definiteness: Level 1
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Definite ➨ Versatile
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