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Mercyful_fate Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Is this a catenative verb

They (live) (surrounded) by endless shelves of books and reference works.

Live is catenative verb here? And can a catenative verb be followed by a verb in the past?
  

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Mercyful_fate Live is catenative verb here? No. Mercyful_fate And can a catenative verb be followed by a verb in the past?

— CalifJim

  • Mercyful_fate Live is catenative verb here?
  • No.
  • Mercyful_fate And can a catenative verb be followed by a verb in the past?
  • No.
  • But surrounded isn't a past tense in this sentence anyway.
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Mercyful_fateLive is catenative verb here?
No.
Mercyful_fateAnd can a catenative verb be followed by a verb in the past?
No. But surrounded isn't a past tense in this sentence anyway. It's a past participle. From surrounded to the end of the sentence is a participial clause. It's adverbial, answering the qu
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