THE GENRE OF MUSIC

Title: THE GENRE OF MUSIC
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THE GENRE OF MUSIC

Lecture 4-11.1 Early Modern English Continued Verbs: Strong Verb Classes 1. Of the original seven classes of strong verbs – the number is greatly reduced, but some of the classes remain remarkably stable; class I and III stand out as survivors. 2. The double past tense forms of strong verbs are leveled to one: Thus old I sang and we sungen become I,we sang (have sung) I rood, we riden become I,we rode (have riden) 2. The -en …showed first 75 words of 276 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 276 total…thou wast and thou wert) and in the odd use of "be" for plural present. "Rub a dub dub / Three men in a tub / And who do you think they be?" "The powers that be." 2. The modals cause trouble: would and should are past tense version of will (variants of will are wull and woll) and shall. Could was developed by adding an l on analogy with would and should; otherwise, it should be "coud."

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