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Panda blue 483 Posted 7 years ago
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Do dictionary descriptions qualify as phrases or clauses as they have an active verb but no subject.
  1. used with the base form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in the infinitive, in particular:
  2. used without a verb following when the missing verb is clearly understood.
  

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panda blue 483 Do dictionary descriptions qualify as phrases or clauses as they have an active verb but no subject. used with the base form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in the infinitive, in particular: used without a verb following when the missing verb is clearly understood. It's unclear how those two conditions apply to your question at the top.

  • panda blue 483 Do dictionary descriptions qualify as phrases or clauses as they have an active verb but no subject.
  • used with the base form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in the infinitive, in particular: used without a verb following when the missing verb is clearly understood.
  • It's unclear how those two conditions apply to your question at the top.
  • Not all dictionary definitions contain an active verb.
  • I don't know where you got that idea from.
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panda blue 483 Do dictionary descriptions qualify as phrases or clauses as they have an active verb but no subject.
  1. used with the base form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in the infinitive, in particular:
  2. used without a verb following when the missing verb is clearly understood.

It's unclear how those two conditi

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