Two verbs in a row?

The first is a common reduction of the pseudo-coordination: Please come (and) join us. I'll go get our dinner. Notice, however, that in this reduced form it can only be used with the verbs in the base form (in the imperative, 'will' future, etc).

The second is called the 'get-passive': He was/got helped. I'll get/be married in June.

To my mind the first sentence is ungrammatical even though it is common in informal spoken English. Come is an imperative and I would call joina plain/bare infinitive. Other members may have other opinions!

You beat me, MM! That may be because Igot oopsed again, but the posting was successful just the same.

CB

Yes, there seems to be no end to the oopses. Sometimes the messages get posted and sometimes they don't-- we just have to go check each time.

How about this sentence?

We have reviewed the terms of your insurance policy and the 'Roads, footpaths, and powerlines' exclusion which your insurer asserts prevents the policy from responding to the proceeding brought by the claimant.

Anonymous ... which your insurer asserts prevents the policy ...

It's fine. ...which (your insurer asserts) prevents the policy ...

Similarly,

which we believe helps the students
which they think solves the problem
which I said needed more salt

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Hi there,

He started questioning. OR The Police began questioning the witness.

In these sentences, 'started' and 'began' are verbs but I'm not sure if the 'questioning' is verb or noun?

Also please explain Why and How if it's a noun. Thanks in advance.

AnonymousI'm not sure if the 'questioning' is verb or noun?

It's a verb in its -ing form, which is very common after certain verbs, e.g., 'start', 'begin', 'avoid', and others.

You can have a noun derived from a verb like that, but it would typically have a determiner (the, a, an, my, ...) in front of it, and it could have of afte

Thanks CJ.

I know in general 'questioning' is a verb in its -ing form. But what would we call it after a main verb, as in here 'started' or 'began'. Can we use two main verbs in a sequential manner?

CalifJimYou can have a noun derived from a verb like that

Are you implying that 'questioning' in both sentences is still referred as a verb ?

AnonymousAnd "She was granted leave to speak." In this sentence, is 'speak' a noun or a verb. If verb, can we call it a Main Verb?

'to speak" is the infinitive form, a non-finite verb.
Whether it is the main verb in a clause or not depends on your grammatical reference.
Modern linguistic theory distinguishes non-finite and finite verbs, but does not ha