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"nonpast" has 2 syllables: nonp-ast.
adjective
“In the phrases ‘I am running tomorrow’ and ‘I am running now,’ the main verb is in the non-past tense.”
"Nonpast" has 2 syllables: nonp · ast.
Nonpast: (grammar, of the tense) Of a tense, not pertaining to the past; in particular, applicable to both the present and the future.
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