Questions tagged [verbs]
A verb is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence.
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How do you feel ? and How are you feeling?
Why a state verb FEEL is used in How are you feeling? question? I know it has also a dynamic meaning - touch or exemine -but in this question the meaning is different, in`t it
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Is 'teach a school' in this context correct?
I am reading A woman makes a plan: advice for a lifetime of adventure, beauty, and success by Maye Musk, but I've never seen the use of 'teach' in 'teaching this modeling school' in this context:
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Is it ok to write "to term something as something"? If not, how can one use the verb term in this case?
E.g., is the following sentence ok?
We term this prompting technique as SuperPrompting.
If not, how can one use the verb term in this case?
I believe one could use:
This prompting technique is ...
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Using word who with phrases
Can we say "I saw my friend who was parking his car." ?
Or is it correct to say "I saw my friend parking his car." ?
If both of them are correct so in the second one the relative ...
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Is it correct to use the phrase"be with no access to X"?
Is it correct to say the below?
She was hungry for knowledge but with no access to information.
Or does it require using the verb, namely:
She was hungry for knowledge but had no access to ...
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Why is remain a verb
I was taught a verb "is a doing word" well remain is not doing anything, it is describing the state of not doing anything
Prices remain the same
She remained seated
Standards remain high
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...this is what he used to do back in law school. Check me
In the movie "The Wolf Of Wall Street" there is a scene in which one of the friends of the titular Wolf brings him to his friend from college who now runs a big bank in Switzerland in order ...
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As for Wednesday we better meet / met before noon because
(UK English, native: German)
I need to make a proposal for an appointment in an E-mail.
So far I have suggested some possibilities for Monday and Tuesday and now I would like to offer one last ...
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Do make distance on/get distance on mean the same thing?
Today I've heard "make distance on" in the context on skateboarding. A guy on YouTube was talking about a process of him skating a long and circular rail. He spoke of how it was very hard to ...
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He doesn't stay late at night because his father told him (not (to))
I wonder if these sentences differ in meaning:
He doesn't stay late at night because his father told him.
He doesn't stay late at night because his father told him to.
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He refused to allow himself to be kept quiet
I don't quite understand the meaning of this sentence from https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/allow?q=allow:
He refused to allow himself to be kept quiet.
How can it be ...
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The teachers do not allow [us/our] eating in the classrooms
Does the verb 'allow" allow such structures as
The teachers do not allow us eating in the classrooms.
The teachers do not allow our eating in the classrooms.
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"What are their values?" what is the subject in sentences like this?
A few hours ago, a kid asked me the subject of a sentence, which was "Linda makes black forest cake", and I answered 'Linda' by explaining 'Who makes the cake' 'the doer' of that action (...
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What do I have to use "I had to" or "I have to"?
What is the difference between the following 2 sentences.
The first:
To solve the problem I have to create a new file.
The second:
To solve the problem I had to create a new file.
The context where ...
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to dispose (oneself) in a heavily negligent manner
While looking up the word "flop" in the American Heritage Dictionary
I stumbled on this definition:
"flop":
to dispose (oneself) in a heavily negligent manner: to flop oneself in a ...
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Can you use the verb pour with solid substances, like "pour flour"?
Can I use verb POUR in a sentence for solid substance eg: flour, sugar and salt etc?
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Clarification on the Use of Dual Verbs in Relative Clauses
I recently encountered a sentence structure that has piqued my curiosity, and I'm hoping to get some insights from the community here. The structure involves the use of two verbs in a relative ...
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One soon gave out his last breath [closed]
This context comes from the book "The Wager" by David Grann. It's the beginning of the book in which a group of emanciated survivors found onboard a small drifting boat is described:
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Use of have/had in this sentence
Given these two sentences, talking about a show/concert that has been just experienced:
I didn't enjoy it as much as I had hope to.
I didn't enjoy it as much as I have hope to.
My hunch tells me ...
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It should be coming up here [duplicate]
In the TV show "The Leftovers" a family bough a house at an auction. The circumstances surrounding this purchase resulted in them no knowing what the house really looks like or where exactly ...
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It should be coming up here
In the TV show "The Leftovers" a family bough a house at an auction. The circumstances surrounding this purchase resulted in them no knowing what the house really looks like or where exactly ...
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When the consonant is doubled in a gerund? [duplicate]
Since 'traveling' can be spelled this way , why is the spelling of 'begining' wrong?They are both gerunds which come from a 2 sylable word ending with a consonant.
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Why does the use of "does" affect whether "exist" or "exists" is used? [duplicate]
I'm writing some technical documentation and came across a weird case regarding whether to use "exist" or "exists".
Create item if it already exists.
Create item if it doesn't ...
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Are both verb forms acceptable? "There is/are marks all over it."
a) There are marks all over it.
b) There is marks all over it.
“Is” vs. “Are”—Correct Usage
Can is be switched with are here or it is ungrammatical to do so?
I may be inclined to say in speech: there ...
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English verb complementation patterns: PCR + DO + object-related pC complex transitive
Is the clause below grammatically correct?
Anyway she’s given us an article for free which is good.
Semantically, its meaning is that a woman gives us a free article.
However, it's verb ...
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That movement right there, gets your back
I was watching standup of the comedian Bryan Callen on YouTube and his set was about how he always wanted to be a hero. He described what heroes are like and one of the aspects of them was the fact ...
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"Relative pronoun and Conjunction"
What are the basic difference between Relative pronoun and conjunction
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What is the structure of "We aim to provide access to the largest team of detail specialists in the region"?
In this sentence :
We aim to provide access to the largest team of detail specialists in the region.
I see three verbs in it.
Could someone explain its structure to me?
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Distinguishing Between "Greet" and "Welcome": What are the Differences?
I've encountered a question about the verbs "greet" and "welcome." While both seem to involve acknowledging someone's presence, I'm not entirely clear on how they differ in usage ...
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Why do "medicine" and "law" take "to practice" as a governing verb but "sports" do not?
In English, there's a joke: "Why do lawyers and doctors 'practice' medicine and law? Do you feel safe knowing that your life or fate is in the hands of some who's only practicing"?
It's a ...
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What part of speech is "her" and "drive" in "I watched her drive."?
Would "her" be the direct object of the transitive verb, "watched"? Or would the verb phrase itself act as the direct object?
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Is it correct to use both "wish" and "start" in "We wish you a very safe and healthy start to 2024"?
In my email, there is this sentence:
We wish you a very safe and healthy start to 2024.
Start here is a verb, and wish is a verb too, but there isn't a conjunction word between them. So how to ...
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V+ing Vs. is v+ing? [closed]
What's the difference between those two sentences? Why don't they equal each other?
Robert is eating launch.
Robert eats launch.
Does one expresses continues action and the other don't?
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I want to know the difference between "made me paralyzed" and "got me paralyzed"
"made me paralyzed"
Angelo Duran said he was shot in the lung, bladder, colon and spleen.
Duran said there's still a bullet inside his spine, and that has made
him paralyzed.
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Subject + To Be + To + Another verb expressing order
Could I say something along the lines of
"You are to tell no one" (I saw this one in the Invencible comic book by the way)
Instead of
"You must tell no one"
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Using a verb after a verb
I'm always confused in using a verb after a verb.
For example:
I prefer using the computer.
I prefer to use the computer.
I like to help people.
I like helping people.
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In two hours, he <will deliver><will have delivered> it
Please, help me understand how these verbs work in English. Should I use the simple or the perfect aspect to talk about the final moment of the actions (when the intended effect comes in power)?
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Gerund POS classification [duplicate]
Following up on my previous question I am trying to find the proper parts of speech (POS) Tag for "Hiking interest rates" and "Cutting interest rates" in the context of the ...
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"Born"— Adjective or Verb in this context?
Her brother was born blind.
In this context,"Born" is an Adjective or verb?
Webster defines it as "Adjective" while OALD defines it as "Verb".
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Why C and B are the correct answers? Is the bold part a conditional type?
While small amounts of other minerals ---1--- the savory hill, the salt pile would have a near translucent quality if not for the thin layer of reddish clay ---2--- the exterior.
A. pervades B. is ...
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Can a phrase like "being honest" be considered a verb?
If I have a sentence like "I was talking with her", "talking" is clearly the verb, right?
If I construct a similar sentence, "I was being honest with her", is "being ...
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it's high time or time
Do we always use past simple after "it's about time"?
It's about time we worked but it was about time we had worked or just worked and only past simple is acceptable after "it's time&...
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Can I say «The car is riding on the floor fast”?
I try to comment on my son’s actions while he’s playing with his toys. He mostly play with his cars. How should I describe the moving of the toy on the surface in order to sound natural and ...
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Is "New rules are adhere to" grammatically correct? [closed]
Today I learned several vocabs including "adhere to".
Also the teacher said that "New rules are adhere to" is also grammatically correct and used normally.
However, I think that it ...
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How to say "to prepare a place for sleeping" (for example to put a sheet, blanket and pillow on the bed)?
How to say "to prepare a place for sleeping"?
I mean "to put a sheet, blanket and pillow on the surface where someone will sleep (usually it's a bed)".
For example:
The host of a ...
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Why is 'is' used in this sentence rather than 'was'?
Here are the sentences :
Since life began in the oceans, most life, including freshwater life, has a chemical composition more like the ocean than fresh water. It appears that most freshwater life did ...
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What verbs can be used in the passive voice with 'it' and an infinitive? For example: 'It was agreed to meet at twelve'
Practical English Usage says:
A few verbs that are followed by infinitives (for example decide,
agree) can also be used in passive structures beginning with it.
They decided to meet at twelve. -> ...
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The dentist fixed/has fixed my tooth
John chips his tooth while eating peanuts. He then goes to the dentist, and the dentist fills in the chip in his tooth. In about an hour, John, who's still having pain in his fixed tooth, bumps into ...
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Verb omission in English. "Enemy down" without any linking verb
Why are there no linking verbs in the following examples?
Enemy down
Feet dry
Feet wet
Mission completed
Shouldn't it be "the enemy is downed" or "the enemy has been downed"?
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Verb for splitting something into eighths
Can you complete the following with the right verb:
Half it (1/2)
Quarter it (1/4)
.......it (1/8)