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 VerbsPast 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 VerbsPast 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 VerbsPresent 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 EnglishGrammatical 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 EnglishGrammatical voice is loosely defined as the grammaticalized expression of relationships between predicate and nominal functions such as subject and object....
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Tense and Aspect of English VerbsAll 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 EnglishGrammatical 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 EnglishGrammatical 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 ClausesConsisting 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 PhrasesA 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 PartsAlthough 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 InfinitiveTo 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 TenseGrammatical tense is the grammaticalized expression of the location in time of an action or state. Tense only roughly corresponds to...
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