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Erbilicious Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Compund verbs...

0Ok... I have been attempting to create examples for various rules of grammar and this one has caused me some confusion.02br
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0Grammar can get very confusing sometimes. 02br 02br 00Here is the first one, from Wikipedia (you need to scroll down to the "compound verbs" Title. 02br 02br 01a 05000 02a 02br 02br 00According to this source, examples of compond verbs would be 01font 00overrate, sidestep, upgrade02font 00.

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  • 0Grammar can get very confusing sometimes.
  • 02br 02br 00Here is the first one, from Wikipedia (you need to scroll down to the "compound verbs" Title.
  • 02br 02br 01a 05000 02a 02br 02br 00According to this source, examples of compond verbs would be 01font 00overrate, sidestep, upgrade02font 00.
  • 02br 02br 00The second definition of compound verb is given here:02br 02br 01a 05100 02a 02br 02br 00Here, examples of compound verbs are 01font 00will meet, has been barking, will be destroyed02font 00.
  • 02br 02br 00However, I very much dislike the terminology 01font 00compound verb02font 00 for this construction.
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0Grammar can get very confusing sometimes. As far as I can tell, there are two competing and mutually exclusive concepts, both called compound verbs.02br
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