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Grammar Bite A:
Verb functions and classes
Verbs perform two major functions in clauses: main verbs v.
auxiliary verbs
Main verbs are the central element in a clause
Auxiliary verbs qualify the meaning of the main verb
Grammar Bite C:
Lexical verbs: structures and patterns
Two areas are important in the structure of lexical verbs:
Their inflectional morphology, which marks person, tense, aspect and
voice.
Their derivational morphology, which shows how verbs have been
created.
There are three major types of multi-word verb: phrasal verbs, prepositional
verbs and phrasal-prepositional verbs.
Multi-word combinations can also be free combinations.
There are also other kinds of multi-word verb constructions that occur with
idiomatic meanings (e.g. bear in mind, make do, and take time)