what is a finite verb? What does it mean when we say that a verb is limited by person, number, mood and tense?
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A finite verb is a verb that is inflected for person and for tense according to the rules and categories of the languages in which it occurs. Finite verbs can form independent clauses, which can stand by their own as complete sentences.\n\nIn English, as in most related languages, only verbs in certain moods are finite. These include:\n\nthe indicative mood (expressing a state of affairs); e.g., "The bulldozer demolished the restaurant," "The leaves were yellow and stiff." \nthe imperative mood (giving a command). \nthe subjunctive mood (expressing something that might or might not be the state of affairs, depending on some other part of the sentence); nearly extinct in English. \n\n\nThat's my Best Answer Blue Eyes!
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The phrase is what's called an "idiom." It's a phrase that doesn't really translate into another language and can't really be defined.\n\nAt any rate, an "age" is just an extended period of time, which could be weeks, months, or longer.
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lnteresting question...\nActually, it CAN be used  as a verb in a very limited  sense,ie as an indirect verb,referring to the subject of a sentence,eg:\n'What is it worth?'ln that sentence,the word worth functions as a verb.
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the major verb in a sentence is the word ,is,
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In this case, "very" is an intensifier.  It adds emphasis and literalness to the word it modifies.\n\nIn response to your second question, there are many, many grammar books out there.  Please be more specific about what situations and audiences you are writing for and we can make a better recommendation.
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An infinitive is the base or "neutral" form of a verb--it is a verb that has not been conjugated.  For example, in French an infinitive would be "avoir" (to have) or "aller" (to go).  \n\nInfinitives work pretty much the same way in French as they do in English.  So just as we might say, "I am going to buy a book," where "to buy" is in its infinitive form, in French you'd say, "Je vais acheter un livre."
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Go buy a copy of "500 Latin Verbs Fully Conjugated in all the Tenses".  I'm too lazy to walk all the way downstairs and to the other end of the house to get my copy or else I'd tell you.\n\nEDIT:  OK, I'm awake now, lol.  Since "go" is an intransitive verb, there is NO SUCH THING as a passive form of it.  LOLOLOLOL
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I am sorry, but I do not understand your Question.\n\nDo you mean the "exact usage" of an English word?\n\nA sentence is a single thought, expressed.\n\n"Sentence:\n\nA combination of words which is complete as\n      expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the\n      close by a period, or full point. \n      [1913 Webster]\n\n   Note: Sentences are simple or compound. A simple sentence\n         consists of one subject and one finite verb; as, "The\n         Lord reigns." A compound sentence contains two or more\n         subjects and finite verbs." [1913 Webster]\n\nOr, maybe you mean "tense." That is how verbs are conjugated.\n\n"Tense &#92;Tense&#92;, n. [OF. tens, properly, time, F. temps time,\n   tense. See Temporal of time, and cf. Thing.] (Gram.)\n   One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by\n   adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the\n   action or event signified; the modification which verbs\n   undergo for the indication of time.\n   [1913 Webster]\n\nI look. I looked. I am looking. etc.,\n\nEnglish is very difficult to learn as a second language. Make friends with native-speakers, talk to them and practice.\n\nBest of luck to you!  :-))
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If by irregular verb, you mean all verbs that do not just add '-ed' in both the simple past tense and the past participle, then it's quite a high number.\n\nHowever, the link supplied to '470' irregular verbs is a little misleading.  Included as two verbs here are pairs such as 'build' and 'jerry-build'.  By most measures, these would be regarded as essentially the same verb.  So, some are counted twice or more on this list.\n\nFurther, it is not stated whether this is US or UK English.  'Dive' and 'fit' are regular verbs in Britain, but irregular in the US, for example.\n\nSo, my guess is that the number is probably around 300 - give or take.  (And those last two are both irregular!)
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HI! I can help! Linking verbs join a noun or pronoun to wirds that describe its state of being.  Linking verbs tell what is or what was, in many cases using some form of the verb to be.  All forms of to be are linking verbs. ( am, is, are, was,were, be being, been.  Other verbs can be ling verbs if they describe a state of being rather than action performed by a noun.  Whenever you can substitue a form of "to be" for the verb in a sentence, that verb is a linking verb.  Here are some examples of words that may be action words or may describe a state of being, depending on the sentence. ( appear, become, feel, grow, keep, look, prove, remain,seen, smell, sound, taste.).  Once again, the classification of a word depends on the way it is used in a sentence.  That's why it is so important to understand the structure of sentences.  You may have heard someone talk about words "in context".  In order to fully understand the meaning of a word, you may need to hear it used in the context of a sentence.  I hope this helps, if you need more let me know. Good luck!
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clauses contain subjects and verbs whereas phrases don't.  adjectives modify nouns.  adverbs modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.  an infinitive is a non-conjugated verb (to run, to walk, to eat).  sorry i can't answer about an apositive or gerund.
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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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In English grammar, only verbs (one of the parts of speech) can have the various tenses. So this question is referring to the use of various verb forms in sentences.\n\nFor my illustration, let me use two very simple verbs - cook;  see\n    Present            : cook;          see\n    Past                 : cooked;      saw\n    Future              : will cook;     will see\n    Past participle   : cooked;      seen\n\nPast tense is one of three of the simple tenses, which are present tense, past tense and future tense. The past tense form is used to describe something that happened in the past, e.g.\n   a) She cooked dinner for everyone.  (cooked)\n   b) I saw him just now.                      (saw)\n\nPast participle form of the verb is used when making sentences using the perfect tenses (present perfect tense, past perfect tense, future perfect tense), e.g.\n   a) She has cooked for everyone.\n   b) She had cooked dinner by the time we arrived.\n   c) She will have cooked dinner by this time tomorrow.\n\n   a) She has seen the movie many times.\n   b) She had seen him taking the money.\n   c) She will have seen everything by now.\n\nI hope you notice when using past participle, you MUST use what is called 'helpers', the little words that make the sentence grammatically correct - has, have, had, will have\n\nI realise these days many people do not use properly constructed sentences. I have tried to make my explanation as simple as possible, and I really hope this helps. I take my leave with this very simple example of a commonly made mistake:\n   a) I seen her already.  (wrong)\n   b) I have seen her already.  (correct)
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You're telling it wrong. This is how it should go.\n\n"Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is." \n \nAnd the answer is Language. "The English Language."
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The subjunctive mood is used to talk about imaginary or unreal situations or a desire like "If I were an animal I would be a dog"...you're obviously not an animal and never will be...and you're right it is often used in conditional sentences...another case of subjunctive is when it's used with wish like "I wish I were a millionaire" or "I wish I had lots of money"...In English you use the past tense to form the subjunctive and if you need to use the verb to be, use "were" with all pronouns (I were, he were, she were, we were, etc) although when speaking many people say "If I was"...\n\nThe conditional mood is the one that expresses lack of certainty and it occurs especially but no only in conditional sentences.  There are five types of conditional\n\nthe zero conditional expresses a situations that's always true or often happen, for example "If I have a headache I take an aspirin"\n\nthe first conditional expresses a situation which is likely to happen in the future, for example, "If it rains this afternoon I won't go out"\n\nthe second conditional is about a situation which is unreal or unlikely to happen, like "If I became the president of the US, I would abolish taxes"\n\nthe third conditional talks about a past situation which has already happened and therefore it's impossible to change, like "If I had gone to the party yesterday I would have had lots of fun"\n\nthe mixed conditional is similar to the third only that the consequence of the action is still visible in the present like, "If penicillin hadn't been discovered, many people would die from infections"\n\nThe indicative mood is the one we use to establish a fact or something that is true like "The Earth is round". "I am a student", "I went to a party yesterday"...It's the most commonly used mood and there is an indicative form for present, past and future\n\nThere is no such thing as the imperfect mood...the imperfect is a verb tense, although it is not called so in English...the English equivalents to other languages' imperfect tense are for example I was eating or I used to eat, that is, the past progressive, etc...in English only the subjunctive has an imperfect form which is the one I explained to you before (I were, she were, etc) as oppossed to the present subjunctive which is not very common and can be seen in sentences like "She requests that he come to the meeting tomorrow"...as you can see the -s is not used with the third person in this case...\n\nok I hope I was clear enough, please let me know if you still have any doubts!
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A noun clause is a clause which does the work of a noun in a sentence. It is a group of words containing a subject and a finite verb of its own.
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An infinitive is "to" plus the verb: to go, to see, to jump, to run. When the infinitive begins a phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun, it functions as an adjective and is therefore an adjective infinitive phrase.\n\nExample: He is the baseball player to watch carefully. To watch carefully is an infinitive phrase that modifies player. Therefore, it is an adjective infinitive phrase.\n\nExample: The doctor to call immediately is Dr. Swift. To call quickly tells which doctor, modifies doctor, and is therefore an adjective infinitive phrase.\n\nI hope this helps!!