Always remember: a sentence is as good as its verb. The verb
is perhaps the most important part of the sentence. Nothing can fail more than
a misused verb. It may also be the most confusing element of grammar. Imagine:
it has 12 tenses. Apart from having a dozen tenses, verbs are extremely
eccentric. We have auxiliary, main, linking, transitive, intransitive, regular,
irregular, finite, and infinite verbs. Let’s add more confusion: verbs are commonly
mistaken as gerunds.
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Let us take the word ‘drive,’ for example. One little word
can be so flexible:
Drives; am/is/are driving; has/have driven; has/have been
driven; drove; was/were driving; had driven; had been driven; will/shall drive;
will be driving; will have driven; will have been driven. There’s the
infinitive to drive and the gerund driving.
Don’t let verbs ruin you! With much study and application,
you can master the intuitive use of verbs. By practicing, you can command the
verbs to agree with their subjects. Worry not, friend, some of the next posts
under grammar will be about verbs!
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