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verb (verbal (a word class including verbs and adjectives
(e.g. in…
verb
verbal
a word class including verbs and adjectives
(e.g. in imperative sentences - Throw the ball!
Be quiet!)
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finite
a form of a verb which is marked to show that
it is related to a subject in person and/or number,
and which shows tense
inchoative
a verb which expresses a change of state = become ...
(e.g. The leaves yellowed. The cheese matured.)
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verb group
a verb, together with
an associated modal verb or auxiliary verb(s)
(e.g. She can’t have been there.)
verb phrase 1
the part of a sentence which contains the main verb
and also any object (s), complement(s) and adverbial(s)
(e.g. Tom gave a watch to his daughter.)
verb phrase 2
the auxiliary and main verbs in a sentence that
function together (e.g. I have been studying
English for 10 years)
non-finite
is not marked according to differences in the person
or number of the subject, and has no tense
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ergative
a verb that can be either transitive or intransitive
(e.g. He boiled a kettle of water.
The kettle boiled.)
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a word which (a) occurs as part of the predicate of a sentence
(b) carries markers of grammatical categories such as tense, aspect, person,
number1 and mood, and (c) refers to an action or state.
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