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Untensed vs Untended - What's the difference?

untensed | untended |

As adjectives the difference between untensed and untended

is that untensed is (grammar) not tensed while untended is not tended.

untensed

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (grammar) Not tensed.
  • * 1993 , William J. Ashby, Linguistic Perspectives on the Romance Languages (page 251)
  • The relevant point, though, is that there is a clear distinction between untensed and tensed clauses as far as the parasitic gap phenomenon is concerned

    untended

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not tended