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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

tense and mode of verb

What tense and mode is the verb "work" in the following sentence: "The temperature reading seems to be working" ?
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Anonymous mode There are many definitions of "mode" with respect to verbs, so I wouldn't know how to answer that one. My guess is that the term "mode" doesn't apply to non-finite forms. Anonymous tense "tense" applies only to verbs in finite clauses.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous mode There are many definitions of "mode" with respect to verbs, so I wouldn't know how to answer that one.
  • My guess is that the term "mode" doesn't apply to non-finite forms.
  • Anonymous tense "tense" applies only to verbs in finite clauses.
  • Other occurrences of verbs are usually called more simply "forms", or "non-finite forms".
  • "to be working" is an infinitive form, more specifically, an infinitive with continuous aspect ( -ing ).
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Anonymousmode
There are many definitions of "mode" with respect to verbs, so I wouldn't know how to answer that one. My guess is that the term "mode" doesn't apply to non-finite forms.
Anonymoustense
"tense" applies only to verbs in finite clauses. Other occurrences of verbs are usually called more simply "forms", or "non-
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