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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.

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	'''zero past marking''' is the ~~absense~~ 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:		'''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.		"Yesterday, I watch television.