English Verbs
A verb is a word that “denotes an action or state of being.” A verb phrase consists of a verb plus any auxiliaries (modals, operators, perfects, progressives, passives), modifiers, complements, objects, particles, and determinatives.
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Past Participles of Irregular English Verbs
Past participles, or -en participles, are a nonfinite verb form in English that perform verbal and adjectival functions. The following sections...
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Past Participles of Regular English Verbs
Past participles, or -en participles, are a nonfinite verb form in English that perform verbal and adjectival functions. The following sections...
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Present Participles of English Verbs
Present participles, or -ing participles, are a nonfinite verb form in English that perform verbal, adjectival, and nominal functions. The following...
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Grammatical Mood in English
Grammatical mood is defined as a set of distinctive verb forms that express modality. Modality is the grammaticalized expression of the...
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Grammatical Voice in English
Grammatical voice is loosely defined as the grammaticalized expression of relationships between predicate and nominal functions such as subject and object....
Heather JohnsonApril 7, 2013 -
Tense and Aspect of English Verbs
All finite, or conjugated, verbs in English express grammatical tense and grammatical aspect. Tense is the grammaticalized expression of the location...
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Grammatical Aspect in English
Grammatical aspect can be defined as the grammaticalized expression of the temporal structure of an action or state. Temporal structure roughly...
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Grammatical Tense in English
Grammatical tense can be defined as the grammaticalized expression of the location in time of an action or state. Verb tense...
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Grammatical Form of English Verb Clauses
Consisting of a subject and a predicate, clauses are the smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition. Verb clauses...
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Grammatical Functions of Verbs in Predicate Verb Phrases
A predicate is defined as a word or phrase that expresses the action performed by the grammatical subject or the state...
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Phrasal Verbs: The Elephant Is a Whole, Not Its Parts
Although grammatical relationships among forms of lexemes are expressed through either inflection or periphrasis, English is a highly periphrastic language. According...
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To Boldly Go Where Most English Speakers Have Gone Before: The Split Infinitive
To split the infinitive or to not split the infinitive, that is the question. Prescriptive grammars forbid the splitting of infinitives....
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Grammatical Tense
Grammatical tense is the grammaticalized expression of the location in time of an action or state. Tense only roughly corresponds to...
Heather JohnsonSeptember 19, 2011