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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What are inflected forms of a word?

Hi

What are inflected forms of a word? For instance, are 'go', 'went', 'gone' inflected forms of the base verb 'go'? Aren't these tense of 'go'? I have the idea but I'm really confused. Please help me with it. Thank you.

Best wishes

Jackson
  

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Hi, What are inflected forms of a word? For instance, are 'go', 'went', 'gone' inflected forms of the base verb 'go'? Aren't these tense of 'go'?

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  • Hi, What are inflected forms of a word?
  • For instance, are 'go', 'went', 'gone' inflected forms of the base verb 'go'?
  • Aren't these tense of 'go'?
  • I have the idea but I'm really confused.
  • Please help me with it.
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Hi,

What are inflected forms of a word? For instance, are 'go', 'went', 'gone' inflected forms of the base verb 'go'? Aren't these tense of 'go'? I have the idea but I'm really confused. Please help me with it. Thank you.

'Inflect' is from the Latin term meaning 'modify, alter'.

It refers to the way a word
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Hi. Since this thread is about terminologies, could you tell me what is the difference between the terms "bare infinitive" and "basic verb form"? Are they the same?
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could you tell me what is the difference between the terms "bare infinitive" and "basic verb form"? Are they the same?-- Yes, they take the same form. It is also called 'dictionary form'.
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Inflected forms changes the base word by adding prefixes or suffixes. So, gone & went are not inflected,. You are correct saying they are tenses.
We are 4th graders learning about inflected form, too.
Good Luck, Jackson!
Mrs. Hallman's 4th graders
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