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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

verbs

Are gerunds verbs? are infinitives verbs? If I have a sentence, ' She is swimming' are both 'is' and 'swimming' the verb or only 'is'? or 'That could be fun' are the verbs 'could' and 'be', or just 'be'? Can you have multiple verbs running consecutively in a sentence? Please be advisable as possible. Thank you.
  

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He works hard - Work is the verb, simple enough! Has has worked hard all his life. The main verb is "worked" (in past participle form) but "has" (acts as a modal) now made the tense present perfect.

— Anonymous

  • He works hard - Work is the verb, simple enough!
  • Has has worked hard all his life.
  • The main verb is "worked" (in past participle form) but "has" (acts as a modal) now made the tense present perfect.
  • So when you are talking about a present progressive sentence as in "she is swimming", "is" functions as a modal or auxilary word and swimming is the main vern in progressive form.
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He works hard - Work is the verb, simple enough!

Has has worked hard all his life. The main verb is "worked" (in past participle form) but "has" (acts as a modal) now made the tense present perfect.

So when you are talking about a present progressive sentence as in "she is swimming", "is" functions as a modal or auxilary word and swimming is the ma
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Terminology varies a little from country to country and ven from grammarian to grammarian. My opinion:
AnonymousAre gerunds verbs?
No, but a gerund can take an object and may occur in the passive voice like a verb. I consider a gerund neither a verb nor a noun but a little bit of both.
Anonymousare infinitives verbs?
Yes.
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