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Virginiajean Posted 14 years ago
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Is "has" an action verb? A helping verb? A verb of being?
In the sentence, "She has an apartment."-- The "has" here functions more like a transitive verb. Am I correct?
And in this sentence, "She has helped many charitable organizations"-- The "has" here is obvious to me being a "helping verb".
But then, I cannot form a sentence using "has" as a sole verb of being that confuses me since I've read some notions that verbs of being should act like an equator of one thought to another. (She is she--- She =she).
So what is has?
And in this sentence, "She has helped many charitable organizations"-- The "has" here is obvious to me being a "helping verb".
But then, I cannot form a sentence using "has" as a sole verb of being that confuses me since I've read some notions that verbs of being should act like an equator of one thought to another. (She is she--- She =she).
So what is has?
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Virginiajean But then, I cannot form a sentence using "has" as a sole verb of being that confuses me since I've read some notions that verbs of being should act like an equator of one thought to another. (She is she--- She =she). Please explain..
- Virginiajean But then, I cannot form a sentence using "has" as a sole verb of being that confuses me since I've read some notions that verbs of being should act like an equator of one thought to another.
- (She is she--- She =she).
- Please explain..
- what do you mean by a sole verb of being ?
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VirginiajeanBut then, I cannot form a sentence using "has" as a sole verb of being that confuses me since I've read some notions that verbs of being should act like an equator of one thought to another. (She is she--- She =she).Please explain.. what do you mean by a sole verb of being ?
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VirginiajeanIn the sentence, "She has an apartment."-- The "has" here functions more like a transitive verb. Am I correct?It's not just like a transitive verb. It is a transitive verb.
In perfect-aspect constructions, HAVE is an auxiliary/helping verb.
HAVE does not mean BE.
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screamerer, I meant being the only verb of being, as in the sentence, "She is she", where "is" is the only verb.
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fivejedjon, thanks a lot. Sometimes I wonder if I should just form my own conclusions regarding these things. Again, thank you, your answer has given me relief!
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