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A verb is a morpheme traditionally known a doing or action word. The formal definition is an element (or part of a sentence) that 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, compliments, and adverbs.  
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A verb is a kind of word ...
  
==References==
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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.
  
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
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==See Also==
  
 
==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==
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*Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell,
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[[Category: Parts of Speech]]
 
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[[Category: Technical Definitions]]

Revision as of 00:35, 15 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,