Questions tagged [light-verbs]
for questions about the verbs like 'have', 'take', 'make', 'give', 'go' and 'do' which have most of their meaning when combined with another expression (usually a noun). These are also called "delexical verbs" or "thin verbs". For example, 'take' in "I will take a break later." or 'make' in "They made plans to meet tomorrow."
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Would have had problem
Doctor informed the court on Monday that it had terminated the over 22-week pregnancy of a minor rape survivor as continuing with it would have had severe impact on girl's physical and mental health.
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Is "doing a Batman cosplay" idiomatic?
Is "doing a Batman cosplay" idiomatic? Googling it seems to return a few results, but I am not sure if it's idiomatic, because cosplay is a relatively new word and it doesn't really sound natural. Is ...
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Do/make a hairstyle
Is it natural to say:
She made a hairstyle.
She did a hairstyle.
What sounds natural: make/do?
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What is "are you"?
What is "are you" in the question
"Are you going to the beach?"
I thought it might be a verb phrase but when I looked up the definition of this type of phrase in the WJEC A Level English Language ...
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What is the difference between push and give a push? [duplicate]
I would like to know the difference between push and give a push when used in the conversation.
Why people use the phrase, 'give a push' instead of the word, 'push'?
ex) walk=take a walk, shower=take ...
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Can "I am taken care of by her" be rewritten as "I am taken care by her" ?
"I am taken care of by her."
The above sentence has two prepositions: "of" and "by".
For me to learn English, using both "of" and "by" simultaneously is very hard to understand.
Are these necessary ...
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Have a listen vs have listens vs have listen
Have a listen to the CD.
Have listens to the CD.
Have listen to the CD.
Are they correct?
Can countable nouns take plural forms with this kind of delexical verbs?
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I'm doing teaching
I am doing teaching
A teacher told me that it's totally incorrect.
I thought that we may use "double participle" together. But I think "teaching" is a noun over here. As I am doing work. "Work" ...
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What does 'take a shower' or 'shower' mean?
There are two sentences below:
She took a shower in the bathroom.
He showered in the bathroom.
What is the difference between 'take a shower' and 'shower' in meaning?
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Delexical verb (Have & Take) uses
When do exactly we choose to use have or take? They look sort of having similar context
I have a bath
I take a bath
And by the way, I saw that
I take a chance
Can't be transformed to
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Does "take the leap" have the exactly same meaning as "make a leap"?
I read this sentence,
...to leave print and take the leap into a digital future.
(Tina Brown.A New Chapter.Newsweek.Dec 31,2012.5)
I haven't found the phrase "take the leap" in my dictionaries. ...
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