aspect

Examples of aspect in the following topics:

• Verbal Aspect: Simple, Progressive, Perfect, and Perfect Progressive

• Verbal Aspect: Simple, Progressive, Perfect, and Perfect Progressive

  • "Aspect" refers to whether a verb is continuous, completed, both continuous and completed, or neither continuous nor completed.
  • "Aspect" refers to the flow of time.
  • There are four main aspects: simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive.
  • Since all verbs have both tense and aspect, all combinations of tenses and aspects, such as past progressive and future perfect, are possible.
  • The simple aspect describes a general action, one that is neither continuous nor completed.

• Introduction to Verbs: Tense, Aspect, and Mood

  • All verbs have tense, aspect, and mood, of which there is a wide variety of combinations.
  • "Verbal aspect" refers to the timing of the verb.
  • All verbs have both tense and aspect.
  • The simple aspect is used to express a single action, a repeated action, or a permanent state.
  • The perfect aspect is used to discuss completed actions.

• Verb Mood: Indicative, Subjunctive, and Imperative

  • You can change tense and aspect of a verb by changing something about the verb itself: For example, to make the verb "enjoy" past tense, you add -ed to the end.
  • In English, the conditional mood is usually of the form "would" + bare verb with no tense or aspect markers.

• Avoiding Repetitiveness

  • This practice also highlights important aspects of your argument for your reader.

• Articulating Your Argument Up Front

  • After exploring the different aspects in the argument, it is time to take a critical stance.
  • The writer should ask whether there are aspects of the argument more convincing that others.

• Using Relevant Sources

  • Just as with every other aspect of your paper, you will need to take your readers' expectations and desires into account when choosing which resources to use.

• Writing in Different Academic Disciplines

  • The "humanities," as a discipline, includes not only literature, but also philosophy, ethics, performing arts, fine arts, history, aspects of anthropology and cultural studies, foreign languages, and linguistics.

• When to Use Chicago/Turabian Style

  • Chicago style deals with many aspects of editorial practice.

• Verb Tense: Past, Present, and Future

  • The "continuous" aspect is another name for the progressive aspect.