differentiate Lexical and auxililiary verbs

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“The premier league clubs will meet week next to discuss the imposition of some radical new cost control measures.
Among the ideas up for debate is a proposal from Ellis Short, Sunderland’s owner that clubs should agree to limit any increases in player’s costs to a fix sum for prearranged. The ensuing restrictions on wage rises would make it increasingly difficult for leading players and their agents to demand huge salary hikes mid-contract, thereby helping achieve the premier league’s aim of financial sustainability for all members. An alternative suggestion is that clubs should spend no more than 70% of their turnovers on wages.”

Sendian · Accepted Answer

In order to practice my lexical and auxiliary verb I will try to work out on this passage .. would you correct me please ?

Sendian · Answer

will meet = the main verv is meet (lexical) and will helping the main verb (auxiliary)

Should agree = Should is a modal auxiliary verb and only have a grammatical meaning in this sentence, helping the lexical verb agree (agree lexical verb)

Sendian · Answer

To limit is infinitive verb (to+ form verb) functions in this sentence as adverb

Sendian · Answer

Would make, would is a modal auxiliary verb and only have a grammatical meaning, helping tha main verb make.

Sendian · Answer

thereby helping achieve .. in this phrase I found some difficult But as a try I think the phrase is verp phrase .. achieve is lexical verb, I could not how to figure helping.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Inflected (finite) verbs. A finite verb is a form of a verb that shows agreement with a subject and is marked for tense. . If there is just one verb in a sentence, it is finite. Finite verbs are sometimes called tensed verbs.

Auxiliary verbs Auxiliaries are required with non-finite verbs. This is their role to mark non-finite verb forms for tense, aspect and voice, which non-finite verbs cannot express. Finite verbs mark these features on their own.

Non-finite verbs (verbals) = that is, the form of a verb that functions as another part of speech. There are three types of verbals in English: participles (also known as -ing forms and -en forms); gerunds (also known as -ing forms); infinitives (also called the base form)

Here are the different verb forms marked in your passage: Bold faced words are errors in the original.

The premier league clubs will meet (base form) next week to discuss the imposition of some radical new cost control measures.
Among the ideas up for debate is a proposal from Ellis Short, Sunderland’s owner that clubs should agree to limit any increases in player’s costs to a fixed sum for prearranged (? missing word here). The ensuing restrictions on wage rises would make (base form) it increasingly difficult for leading players and their agents to demand huge salary hikes mid-contract, thereby helping achieve the premier league’s aim of financial sustainability for all members. An alternative suggestion is that clubs should spend (base form) no more than 70% of their turnovers on wages.”

AlpheccaStars · Answer

SendianTo limit is infinitive verb (to+ form verb) functions in this sentence as adverb

Among the ideas up for debate is a proposal from Ellis Short, Sunderland’s owner that clubs should agree to limit any increases in player’s costs

No, "to limit..." is a noun. It is the direct object of "agree"

AlpheccaStars · Answer

The ensuing (participle, modifying the noun "restrictions") restrictions on wage rises would make (base form.) (would make is the verb phrase which is the main verb of the clause) it increasingly difficult for leading (participle, modifying the noun players ) players and their agents to demand huge salary hikes mid-contract, thereby helping achieve the premier league’s aim of financial sustainability for all members.

Let's parse this phrase:
"difficult for ... players and their agents to demand huge salary hikes mid-contract"

(for is a preposition, so what follows is the object, a noun phrase.
players and their agents to demand huge salary hikes mid-contract - this is a non-finite (infinitive) noun clause that is the object of the preposition "for"

players and their agents = subject of the infinitive.
to demand = verbal, non-finite verb
huge salary hikes mid-contract = noun phrase, direct object of "demand"

Let's parse this phrase:
helping achieve the premier league’s aim of financial sustainability for all members.

helping = present participle, head of the non-finite clause which is a sentence modifier, Some grammarians would classify the phrase as adverbial, others as an adjunct.

achieve = base verb, infinitive, follows the catenative verb "help"

the premier league’s aim of financial sustainability for all members = noun phrase, object of "achieve"

Sendian · Answer

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