Some people say it is a verb.  How do you know?
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A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.
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there are two verbs\n"is"  and "has" \n\nthe subject is Chicago\n(located is not a verb. "locate" is, but located isnt).
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I prefer "it isn't"\nI believe the "proper grammer" states it isn't because when you break it down\nsomething can't "not"\nlike it isn't red\nwhat's not red? it\nit's not like that\nits is a plural word it would have to be its' something like that anyway?
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This would be a lot of work to explain.  Each series of words, while they could be considered the same in meaning [up to a point], really don't mean the same.  Some are very different, some less different.  Sometimes it is a question of degree, sometimes it is a question of emphasis, and sometimes it is a question of not at all the same.\n\nFor example, "because of" strictly means "was caused by."  It is very active and direct.  The others in the series could be substituted for because of, but they don't really mean the same: owing or due to means a situation owes its existence to the existence of another thing, as a result of means more that a situation is something that develops out of another situation.\n\nThis particular series shows that people will vary their language without being overly particular as to the exact, specific meaning of the phrases they use.\n\nlearn means to acquire knowledge or skill.  know means to have a grasp in the mind of something, to see something clearly for what it is.  recognize means to grasp that something seen has been seen before.  release means to let go of.\n\nIn English, nouns can be formed from adjectives and verbs, but not adverbs, even though it might at times appear that they do.  This is a case of "changing form class."  Red is a word that can be a noun or an adjective.   Cut can be a noun, verb, or adjective [Cut the cake.  I have a cut on my finger.  Send her some cut flowers.]\n\nLearning English is a lot harder than people who grow up speaking it realize.  It must be very puzzling to people who grew up speaking some other language.  But every language has its difficulties.
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Yes, it's a common mistake that people make when they erroneously attribute the "t" in "conversation" to the verb form "converse" when in truth it's simply part of the suffix "ation" added to make the verb a noun.\n\nThe same thing happens with "orient" (verb), "oriented" (adjective) and "orientation" (noun). Unfortunately, it is now so common for people to add an extra "t" to the verb and adjective, that "orientate" and "orientated" are now considered acceptable. Disgusting, isn't it?
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i think its a verb used to mean hit of like u say strike...\n\nso like hit it adn u get f##k it...\n\nbut i think can also used to be a very posh way to say to have sex or sleep with some one...\n\nprobably ruder now:)
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Yes it IS an idiom, because it's meaning cannot be understood by merely knowing the definition of the individual words.  It isn't a literal translation.  You are not literally sticking to something, as in adhering to it.  Idioms are also known as "sayings," by the way, to non-linguists.  :)
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It's a verb. It's replacing "said" or "says."
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Actually, in most places the correct verb for this context is "speak", but you'll hear "talk" substituted by some speakers.  Some people may think of such a speech pattern as "uneducated", but it could well be a dialectal thing.
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Yes, 'name' is the object of the preposition 'in'. \n\n"What's" is the contraction of "What is".\n\n'What' is a Interrogative Pronoun, \n\n'is' is a verb (present singular of the irregular verb "to be") \n\n'in' is a preposition.\n\n'a' is an adjective (but classified along with 'an' and 'the' as article) and \n\n'name' is a noun.
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It's not a matter of grammar, but of usage.  "For free" is an idiom that is considered "informal" (that is, between "formal" and "slang"), but NOT incorrect.
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By each sentence:\n\nThe simple subject is a noun or pronoun that does something.\nThe predicate is the action word...it's what's happening.\n\n1.  Earnest and Raoul  - 2 simple subjects\n.....now you fill in the predicate.....what they did?\n\n2.  Leadbelly is the subject....\nverb has two worlds....and it's not simple so by having two words in the predicate, it is compound....\n....so what did Leadbelly do?....predicate 2 words is:has _________.\n3. You is the subject\n.....what did you do...... first part of the predicate is have.....you misspelled the rest of the verb.\n\n4.  Leadbelly is the subject\n....what did Leadbelly do.......\nI'll give you this one......the predicate is:    was\n\nSo subjects :  do something...or are something,\npredicates or verbs:  are the action words, are what the subjects do, or ....are something....am, is, was, were......\n\nI hope this helps!!!
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Simple subject - we\nSimple predicate  - should do ("do" alone is incorrect...this is a verb phrase)
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A transitive verb is a verb that accepts a direct or indirect complement.\nI eat a cake. I eat what: a cake (here, it's a transitive direct verb because the complement is a direct complement)\nI speak to you. (transitive indirect)\nAn intransitive verb is a verb that doesn't accept direct or indirect complements.\nI stay. (you can't say "what do I stay?")\nBe careful! the complements of location (where?), time (when?), manner (how?)... have nothing to do with the fact that a verb is transitive or not.
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Here's the problem: The subject of the sentence is "creating designs and making modifications." It is a plural subject (there are 2 things in the subject: creating and making). So, the verb has to agree with it. The verb is "helps" and is incorrect. It should be "help" -- which is the form of the verb for a plural subject.
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According to the dictionary it is [A]
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an infinitive phrase is 'to' + a verb.\nA to the (any word followed directly by the is a noun, so that's a preposition phrase--to is used as a preposition)\nB no 'to', elminiate\nC no 'to', eliminate\nD  to + verb (go)