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Sudhir Sharma 4255 Posted 6 years ago
Vocabulary

Usage of word abound

The word abound is a verb which means something is in abundance. We normally use be(is/am/are/was/were) with verbs.But i have read many examples of abound and at all places there was no is/am/are with abound. I want to know why it is used alone. For example : And with no real treatment available,uncertainities abound.
  

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Sudhir Sharma 4255 But i have read many examples of abound and at all places there was no is/am/are with abound. g. I shop at the fish market.

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  • Sudhir Sharma 4255 But i have read many examples of abound and at all places there was no is/am/are with abound.
  • g.
  • I shop at the fish market.
  • Whales live in the ocean.
  • Uncertainties abound amidst the spread of the virus.
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Sudhir Sharma 4255But i have read many examples of abound and at all places there was no is/am/are with abound.

Verbs do not require the helping verb "be."

e.g.

I shop at the fish market.

Whales live in the ocean.

Uncertainties abound amidst the spread of the virus.

The progressive tenses use "be"

I am shopping at the fis

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