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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Is an irregular verb is a nonaction word?
  

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" Edit. Sorry, that's an oversimplification. ) Intransitive verbs don't have objects.

  • " Edit.
  • Sorry, that's an oversimplification.
  • ) Intransitive verbs don't have objects.
  • "I'll go in a minute," is intransitive, but it isn't non-action.
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Irregular means its endings for various tenses and persons and numbers do not follow the typical patterns:

(I am, you are, she is; I was, you were, she was)

Non-action verbs are called "intransitive."

Edit. Sorry, that's an oversimplification. (Actually, it's just wrong.) Intransitive verbs don't have objects. "I'll go in a minute," is intransitive, b
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also, a non-action verb is never used in the continueous tense.
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Stative ('non-action') verbs occasionally occur in continuous aspect.

Both stative and dynamic or eventive ('action') verbs contain members which are regular and irregular:

want - wanted - wanted
know - knew - known
walk-walked-walked
run-ran-run

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