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"I had pass the test.
"I had pass the test.

==See also==
*[[Zero at]]
*[[Zero did]]
*[[Zero do]]
*[[Zero if]]
*[[Zero of]]
*[[Zero to]]
*[[Zero definite article]]
*[[Zero plural marking]]
*[[Zero possessive marking]]
*[[Zero third person agreement]]



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Revision as of 17:35, 16 November 2007

zero past marking is the absence of the past marker "ed" occurring in some nonstandard dialects of English, such as Caribbean English. Instead of an ending, the past is dealt with in other ways. The feature leads to sentences like this:

"Yesterday, I watch television.

"I had pass the test.

See also