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  2. Performative verb - Wikipedia

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    Performative verbs are verbs carried out simply by means of uttering them aloud. When a judge sentences someone to jail time, for example, the action is completed when they say, "I hereby sentence you to five years in prison," or the like.

  3. List of linguistic example sentences - Wikipedia

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    [39] [circular reference] It takes advantage of some German nouns and corresponding verbs being homonymous. While not noticeable in spoken language, in written language the difference shows: "Fliegen" ("flies"), being a noun, is written with a capital "F", whereas "fliegen" ("to fly"), being a verb, is not.

  4. List of calques - Wikipedia

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    Free verse calques vers libre [11] Old guard calques Vieille Garde (the most senior regiments of the Imperial Guard of Napoleon I) [12] Flea market calques marché aux puces [13] Marriage of convenience calques French mariage de convenance [14] New Wave (artistic period) calques Nouvelle Vague [15] rhinestone calques caillou du Rhin "Rhine ...

  5. Pro-verb - Wikipedia

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    A pro-verb is a type of anaphora that falls within the general group of word classes called pro-forms (pro-verb is an analog of the pronoun that applies to verbs instead of nouns [2]). Many languages use a replacement verb as a pro-verb to avoid repetition: English "do" (for example, "I like pie, and so does he"), French: faire, Swedish: göra. [2]

  6. Catenative verb - Wikipedia

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    These verbs are called "catenative" because of their ability to form chains in catenative constructions. For example: We need to go to the tennis court to help Jim to get some practice before the game. "Need" is used here as a catenative verb followed by the infinitive "to go", and "help" is a catenative verb followed by the infinitive "to get".

  7. Uses of English verb forms - Wikipedia

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    Verbs often undergo tense changes in indirect speech. This commonly occurs in content clauses (typically that-clauses and indirect questions), when governed by a predicate of saying (thinking, knowing, etc.) which is in the past tense or conditional mood. In this situation the following tense and aspect changes occur relative to the original words:

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