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| − | = | + | Verbs can show contrast in tense, aspect, voice, mood, person, and number. It is also the minimal element of the predicate of a sentence (Ex. He ran. Ran= both the verb and predicate). The verb also controls what type of elements a predicate has such as objects, complements, and adverbs. |
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*http://www.icalweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Verbs | *http://www.icalweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Verbs | ||
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | *Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, | ||
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[[Category: Parts of Speech]] | [[Category: Parts of Speech]] | ||
[[Category: Technical Definitions]] | [[Category: Technical Definitions]] | ||
Revision as of 23:35, 14 November 2009
A verb is a kind of word ...
Verbs can show contrast in tense, aspect, voice, mood, person, and number. It is also the minimal element of the predicate of a sentence (Ex. He ran. Ran= both the verb and predicate). The verb also controls what type of elements a predicate has such as objects, complements, and adverbs.
See Also
External Links
References
- Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell,
