English Verbs
The Habitual ‘be’What is the habitual be? Who uses the habitual be? I began writing this post a few months ago as I...
June 27, 2020- Using Verbs and Verb Phrases as Adjunct Adverbials
Notional grammars traditionally verbs as “words that denote actions and states of being.” A verb phrase consists of a verb plus...
June 15, 2019 - Adjectives Versus Verbs: Participial Adjectives
As I have written many times before, the line between grammatical forms is blurry at best, especially among lexical categories like...
June 4, 2019 - Using Verbs and Verb Phrases as Noun Phrase Complements
Notional grammars define verbs as “words that denote actions and states of being.” A verb phrase consists of a verb plus...
May 13, 2019 - Grammatical Aspect
Grammatical aspect is the grammaticalized expression of the temporal structure of an action or state. Temporal structure roughly relates to duration....
June 20, 2018 - ESL Recipe Lesson Plan: Practice the Imperative Mood
Many English language learners hope to function fully and completely in the English language. Learning to follow and write recipes is...
February 25, 2018 - English Auxiliary Verbs
Auxiliary verbs are a subcategory of English verbs that provide additional semantic or syntactic information about the main verb in the...
March 1, 2016 - Ambitransitive English Verbs
Verbs are traditionally defined as “words that describe actions or states of being.” Main or principal English verbs may be either...
February 25, 2016 - Attributive Ditransitive English Verbs
Traditional notional grammars define verbs as “action or state of being words.” Transitive verbs in English grammar are main verbs that...
February 23, 2016 - Ditransitive English Verbs
Verbs have traditionally been defined as “action or state of being words.” Main verbs, or principal verbs, fall into five categories...
February 18, 2016 - Monotransitive English Verbs
Notional grammars describe verbs as “action or state of being words.” Main verbs, or principal verbs, fall into five categories in...
February 16, 2016 - Transitive English Verbs
Verbs have traditionally been defined as “action or state of being words.” Main verbs, or principal verbs, fall into five categories...
February 11, 2016 - Copular English Verbs
Traditional grammars define verbs as “action or state of being words.” Main verbs, or principal verbs, fall into five categories in...
February 9, 2016 - Intransitive English Verbs
Notional grammars define verbs as “action or state of being words.” Main verbs, or principal verbs, fall into five categories in...
February 7, 2016 - Grammatical Forms of English Verb Phrases
A verb phrase is a phrase in which a verb functions as the head of the phrase plus any auxiliaries (modals,...
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