exempli causa

[ ek-sem-plee -kou-sah; English ig-zem-plahy -kaw-zuh, -zem-plee ]

/ ɛkˈsɛm pli ˈkaʊ sɑ; English ɪgˈzɛm plaɪ ˈkɔ zə, -ˈzɛm pli /

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Question 1 of 7

“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Exempli gratia: They put their zealotry above their survival.
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Impotentia vel temporanea causa divortii esse potest si impotens intra spatium temporis rationabile remedium medicinale recuset.
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Penis rudimentarius causa impotentiae est, sed casus amplificationis post matrimonium habentur.
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Prostatitis chronica causa est impotentiae et plerumque insanabilis est.
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Castratio completa, morbo vel secus, impotentiae causa est, sed non necessario statim post castrationem.
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Si autem Indi hoc voluerunt et intentio illorum nihil novem literis fuit, causa que mihi potuit.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous