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What is the past historic tense?

The past historic is used in the same way that the passé composé (the perfect) is: to describe actions completed in the past. You should never use the passé composé when speaking. It is incredibly rare and i...
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Answered by Colleen C. • French tutor
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When I have to analyse sentences what do I have to look for?

When you analyse sentences you need to look for two things. The first is what technical language we can use to describe the sentence, this may include explaining what type of sentence it is (compound, comple...
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Answered by Anna D. • English tutor
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How is the offence of robbery defined?

Robbery Offence of Robbery was defined under s8 Theft Act 1968 AR – ‘stealing, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, in order to do so, he uses force on any person or puts, or seeks to put, any ...
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Answered by Callum D. • Law tutor
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Why did Joan of Arc wear male clothing?

This is a question that many scholars have asked themselves over the centuries, and it is one that still puzzles them, just as it did Joan’s contemporaries. Undoubtedly, Joan knew that it was not customary, ...
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Answered by Elisabeth M. • History tutor
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What role does the doctrine of 'good faith' have to play in the English law of contract?

English law is often contrasted with civil law jurisdictions which have an overriding doctrine of good faith, because English law “characteristically, committed itself to no such overriding principle [of goo...
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Answered by Susannah H. • Law tutor
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