Doubtful.
He gave a dubious explanation for his absence from the meeting, raising suspicions among his colleagues.
(dubious means of uncertain truth or validity)Examples :The validity of the document was somewhat dubious.I was rather dubious about the reasons he gave for his absence.
Doubtful : implies little more than a lack of conviction or certainty Eg: doubtful about whether I said the right thing>.Dubious : stresses suspicion, mistrust, or hesitation
Dubious tense refers to a grammatical construction that is unclear or questionable in terms of its timing or certainty. It arises when the verb tense used in a sentence does not match with the timeframe or certainty of the action being described, making it difficult for the reader or listener to understand the intended meaning.
The sentence "Is this, the child dubiously asked, a question?" more clearly conveys that the child is asking the question with doubt. Placing "the child dubiously asked" between commas helps to set it apart as the action performed by the child.
The plan to separate the world into nations was quite dubious. Definition is here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dubious
such a verb which shows that subject did an action in dubitative condition in past time is called PAST DUBIOUS TENSE NOTES MAY BE AND MIGHT BE ARE HELPING VERBS OF THIS TENSE ING IS USED WITH 1st FORM OF VERB :)
Yes, dubious is an adjective > (Of questionable character: dubious profits.)
present dubious tense
In Dubious Battle was created in 1936.
A Dubious Legacy was created in 1992.
"A Dubious Legacy" by Mary Wesley has approximately 352 pages.
John Steinbeck wrote In Dubious Battle.
In Dubious Battle has 270 pages.
He gave a dubious explanation for his absence from the meeting, raising suspicions among his colleagues.
The term "past dubious continuous tense" is not a standard grammatical term. However, if you're referring to a continuous tense in the past, it typically describes actions that were ongoing at a specific point in the past. For example, "I was reading" indicates that the action of reading was in progress at that time. If "dubious" implies uncertainty about the action, it might suggest questioning the validity or reality of the ongoing action, but this is not a recognized grammatical tense.
A:If by 'dubious' you mean books that were written as historical novels, this would be the Books of Esther and Daniel, as historians say that these books were actually written in the second century BCE about an earlier period and, where they refer to actual persons or events, are entirely inconsistent with the historical record as we now know it.If by 'dubious' you mean books about which the early Church Fathers were in dispute as to whether they should be included, the list particularly includes 2 Peter and Revelation.Protestants believe that some books found only in the Catholic Bible are also dubious. Of course there are grounds for considering other books of the Bible to be dubious, but this depends on your definition of the term.