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Ohayo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Which process is this verb?

Hi

I'm unsure which process (material, mental, verbal, relational, existential) does each of the bold words in the following sentences belong to?
  1. We cannot build a gracious inclusive soc iety if we continue to de ny the achievements of those perceived to be different and less able than we.
  2. I'm going to lose a lot because this is my peak business period.

Mr Teo himsel f noted that few saw dis abled athletes as sportsmen.

  • The expression “man’s best friend” does not go far e nough for Buddy

  • Mr Joe Stalnaker, who suffers from debilitating seizures due to injuries in the army

  • asking if the caller needs h elp.

  • he received treatment and spent two days recuperating .

  • a trained assistance dog wou ld call 91 1

  • for him to respond to the operator the way he did wit h the barking
    Thank you!
      

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    -- material a trained assistance dog wou ld call 91 1 -- material for him to respond to the operator the way he did wit h the barking-- relational I'm looking forward to reading the answers.

    — Mister Micawber

    • -- material a trained assistance dog wou ld call 91 1 -- material for him to respond to the operator the way he did wit h the barking-- relational I'm looking forward to reading the answers.
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    I've never even seen this classification of processes before, and I don't really see the use of them, but I'll take a guess anyway:
    1. We cannot build a gracious inclusive society if we continue to
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    Hi

    Thanks for your reply. Not sure if the following will help to make things clearer, the processes are actually different categories of verbs. Hence
    1. Material is Action verbs
    2. Mental is Sensing verbs
    3. Verbal is Saying verbs
    4. Relational is Linking verbs
    Therefore will your answers differ after this?

    I have another sentence which I'm unsure of
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    #4 then means linking verbs, as in be, become, seem? Then my answers to going and did are wrong, but I don't know what they are-- I was thinking of 'relational' as referring to time/tense.

    Hurt, I suppose, is material here.
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    deny :mental process
    noted: verbal process

     go :material

    suffers : mental

    needs: mental

    recuperating: material

    call: verbal

    did: material 
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    thanks for all the reply. I have another 2 words which I'm unsure of.
    “He’s my world. He’s my best friend, no question. He’s always there,” he was quoted as saying by UPI.com

  • the training was put to use when Mr Stalnaker suffered a seizure.

    Is it always the case that 'suffer' will definitely fall under Mental process (Sensing verb)? B
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    I don't think that suffer is always a mental process at all, particularly as in your sentence, where suffered a seizure means underwent a seizure, had a seizure-- material.

    Quoted is verbal, I presume.

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    Hi

    I have 2 more words which I'm unsure.
    1. They all belong to the most advanced group in the animal kingdom.
    2. the machines across the island have had their parts stolen
    Thank you.
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    Sorry I have another word

    live in the sea

    What should the word 'live' falls under?

    Thank you!
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    My guesses:
    1. They all belong to the most advanced group in the animal kingdom.-- mental
    2. the machines across the island have had their parts stolen-- material
    3. live in the sea-- material
    4. .
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    Belong = relational

    You're highlighting the auxiliary verbs which are used to show tense, rather than the lexical verbs, which are the verbs that are analysed in terms of processes. I suggest you have a look at verbal groups.

    E.g have had stolen

    Stolen = material

    Hope this helps
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