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  2. List of English copulae - Wikipedia

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    Because many of these copulative verbs may be used non-copulatively, examples are provided. Also, there can be other copulative verbs depending on the context and the meaning of the specific verb used. Therefore, this list is not an exhaustive one. act "Tom acted suspicious." appear "Tom appears satisfied, but really is not." be "Tom is a coward."

  3. Nominalization - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, nominalization or nominalisation, also known as nouning, [1] is the use of a word that is not a noun (e.g., a verb, an adjective or an adverb) as a noun, or as the head of a noun phrase.

  4. Part of speech - Wikipedia

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    Without a verb, a group of words cannot be a clause or sentence. Adverb (describes, limits) a modifier of an adjective, verb, or another adverb (very, quite). Adverbs make language more precise. Preposition (relates) a word that relates words to each other in a phrase or sentence and aids in syntactic context (in, of). Prepositions show the ...

  5. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2011 September 2 ...

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    Another observation about the verb haul. While we now associate the verb with carrying heavy loads, it was once mainly used to refer to manually pulling ropes, such as halyards and fishing nets. This kind of hauling was usually done with quick and vigorous motion. Marco polo 14:21, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

  6. Vigorous - Wikipedia

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    Vigorous may refer to: Operation Vigorous, a Second World War Allied operation involving escorting a supply convoy to Malta; HMS ...

  7. Grammatical mood - Wikipedia

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    e IPFV. TAM hina’aro like na DEIX vau SG tō DEF mei’a banana ra DEIX e hina’aro na vau tō mei’a ra IPFV.TAM like DEIX SG DEF banana DEIX 'I would like those bananas (you mentioned).' Mortlockese Mortlockese is an Austronesian language made up of eleven dialects over the eleven atolls that make up the Mortlock Islands in Micronesia. Various TAM markers are used in the language. Mood ...

  8. Voice (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    Italian uses two verbs (essere and venire) to translate the static and the dynamic passive: Dynamic passive auxiliary verb: essere and venire (to be and to come) La porta è aperta. or La porta viene aperta. "The door is opened [by someone]" or "The door comes open [by someone]". La porta è chiusa. or La porta viene chiusa.

  9. Agreement (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    ka tama-ŋɔ river-prox. in- ka this ka tama- ā -ŋɔ river-pl-prox. in- ka - ā these ka tama-ŋɔ in- ka / ka tama- ā -ŋɔ in- ka - ā river-prox. this / river-pl-prox. these In this example, what is copied is not a prefix, but rather the initial syllable of the head "river". By language Languages can have no conventional agreement whatsoever, as in Japanese or Malay ; barely any, as in ...