ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLAGUE
From Late Latin plāga pestilence, from Latin: a blow; related to Greek plēgē a stroke, Latin plangere to strike.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PLAGUE
PRESENT
Present
I plague
you plague
he/she/it plagues
we plague
you plague
they plague
Present continuous
I am plaguing
you are plaguing
he/she/it is plaguing
we are plaguing
you are plaguing
they are plaguing
Present perfect
I have plagued
you have plagued
he/she/it has plagued
we have plagued
you have plagued
they have plagued
Present perfect continuous
I have been plaguing
you have been plaguing
he/she/it has been plaguing
we have been plaguing
you have been plaguing
they have been plaguing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I plagued
you plagued
he/she/it plagued
we plagued
you plagued
they plagued
Past continuous
I was plaguing
you were plaguing
he/she/it was plaguing
we were plaguing
you were plaguing
they were plaguing
Past perfect
I had plagued
you had plagued
he/she/it had plagued
we had plagued
you had plagued
they had plagued
Past perfect continuous
I had been plaguing
you had been plaguing
he/she/it had been plaguing
we had been plaguing
you had been plaguing
they had been plaguing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will plague
you will plague
he/she/it will plague
we will plague
you will plague
they will plague
Future continuous
I will be plaguing
you will be plaguing
he/she/it will be plaguing
we will be plaguing
you will be plaguing
they will be plaguing
Future perfect
I will have plagued
you will have plagued
he/she/it will have plagued
we will have plagued
you will have plagued
they will have plagued
Future perfect continuous
I will have been plaguing
you will have been plaguing
he/she/it will have been plaguing
we will have been plaguing
you will have been plaguing
they will have been plaguing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would plague
you would plague
he/she/it would plague
we would plague
you would plague
they would plague
Conditional continuous
I would be plaguing
you would be plaguing
he/she/it would be plaguing
we would be plaguing
you would be plaguing
they would be plaguing
Conditional perfect
I would have plague
you would have plague
he/she/it would have plague
we would have plague
you would have plague
they would have plague
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been plaguing
you would have been plaguing
he/she/it would have been plaguing
we would have been plaguing
you would have been plaguing
they would have been plaguing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you plague
we let´s plague
you plague
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
plaguing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «PLAGUE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
plague.
The idea of infection began to be taken far more seriously than it ever had before. Hospitals transformed themselves in response to the new plague - sometimes for the better, but often for the worse, as when, in fear, they cast their ulcerated patients out into the streets.
The habit of begging, that plague of tourist resorts, is an incessant nuisance on the Alhambra hill.
The old problems - love, money, security, status, health, etc. - are still here to plague us or please us.
A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
To be fair, I don't think it's a plague to say I have the misfortune of making movies for a living.
One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.
Yeah, I don't deal with current events or pop culture, and I avoid politics like the plague.
It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.
Please your eye and plague your heart.
I'd move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAGUE»
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plague in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
plague and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Plague, Michael Grant's fourth book in the bestselling Gone series, will satisfy dystopian fans of all ages.
A haunting tale of human resilience in the face of unrelieved horror, Camus' novel about a bubonic plague ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature.
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The
Plague of Fantasies
In this text the author explored the relations between fantasy and ideology, the way in which fantasy animates and structures enjoyment while protecting against its excesses, the associations of the motions of fetishism with fantasmic ...
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Plague of the Dead: The Morningstar Saga
Now, in Plague of the Dead, Z.A. Recht delivers an intelligent, gripping thriller that will leave both new and die-hard zombie fans breathless. The end begins with a viral outbreak unlike anything mankind has ever encountered before.
Twenty years after the start of the war that caused the Collapse, fifteen-year-old Stephen, his father, and grandfather travel post-Collapse America scavenging, but when his grandfather dies and his father decides to risk everything to save ...
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The
Plague and the Fire
This dramatic story chronicles the horror and human suffering of two terrible years in London¿s history. 1665 brought the plague and cries of ¿Bring Out Your Dead¿ echoed the city.
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Encyclopedia of
Plague and Pestilence: From Ancient Times to ...
Tracing the history of infectious diseases from the Philistine plague of 11th century BCE to recent SARS and avian flu scares, this volume provides descriptions of more than 700 epidemics, listed alphabetically by location of the outbreak.
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In the Wake of the
Plague: The Black Death and the World it Made
Through profiles of merchants, peasants, priests, and kings, argues that despite devastation, the Black Death resulted in a scientific revolution, a new wave of art, and the emergence of independent farmers.
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Cattle
Plague: A History
Divided into five sections, this work deals with the nature of the virus, followed by a chronological history of its occurrence in Europe from the Roman Empire to the final 20th century outbreaks.
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The Ten-Cent
Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It ...
The story of the rise and fall of those comic books has never been fully told--until The Ten-Cent Plague.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAGUE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
plague is used in the context of the following news items.
'Plague Scanner' controls multiple AV engines, for $0.00
"Plague Scanner" is a free on-premise anti-virus framework - a class of tool that drives multiple anti-virus scanners at once - and is the only free ... «The Register, Jul 15»
High Costs Plague Some State-Run Health Insurance Markets
State-run health insurance markets that offer coverage under President Barack Obama's health law are struggling with high costs and ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
Capital Controls Will Plague Greek Banks for Months
capital-controls-atm-problems708 The capital controls imposed on Greek banks three weeks ago may be in place for months until the country's ... «Greek Reporter, Jul 15»
Predators plague Cobourg neighbourhood
CECILIA NASMITH Northumberland Today Rob Cobel and his wife Sheila still hold out hope for finding their missing cat Bruiser, in spite of an ... «Northumberland Today, Jul 15»
Toxic Salmon Plague Could Treat Cancer
However, did you know that even a salmon plague can treat cancer? It may sound ridiculous, but this is what some researchers are suggesting ... «Nature World News, Jul 15»
Squirrel in Golden tests positive for bubonic plague
GOLDEN, Colo. — Despite at least one squirrel testing positive for the bubonic plague in Golden, Jefferson County Public Health officials have ... «FOX31 Denver, Jul 15»
Plague of rats forces Irish couple from home wrongly built on top of …
A man has been left with a "worthless rat house" after rodents invaded his home, which was built on top of a sewer. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
Loud music, drinking, gunfire plague Hampton neighborhood
Loud music, drinking, gunfire plague Hampton neighborhood. People on Greenbriar Avenue said life has been one big party and they've had ... «13newsnow.com, Jul 15»
Drought cuts into recreation as low water levels plague reservoirs
Forrest Martinez, 12, casts his line into the waters of Santa Margarita Lake. A few minutes earlier he pulled in a 14 inch bass, he said. «The San Luis Obispo Tribune, Jul 15»
Power problems again plague trains
Newark, N.J.. Power problems caused delays for Amtrak trains running between Washington, D.C. and Boston and for commuter lines into New ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
