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== | Verbs indicate an action or state of existence. | ||
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|+Present and Past Participles: finite and non-finite forms | * If the verb has a subject, it is "finite" | ||
** the subject is the "person" of the sentence | |||
** the finite verb is "idea" of the sentence (predicate) | |||
* If the verb does not have a subject, it is "non-finite" | |||
** and thereby is not acting grammatically like a verb (it is acting like an adjective, adverb, or noun instead) | |||
*** even though the verb may not be acting like a verb, it still retains its sense of action or state of existence | |||
**** thus it retains its "verbiness" | |||
== Getting started: an example == | |||
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|+Present and Past Participles: finite and non-finite forms of the verb "to spend" | |||
! rowspan="2" |Past | ! rowspan="2" |Past | ||
Participle | Participle | ||
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!Finite Verb | !Finite Verb | ||
<small>(has a subject)</small> | <small>(has a subject)</small> | ||
!''I am spending too much money on phones.'' | !''I am <u>spending</u> too much money on phones.'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! | ||
!Non-finite Verb | !Non-finite Verb | ||
<small>(does not have a subject)</small> | <small>(does not have a subject)</small> | ||
!Spending so much money on new phones is annoying | !''<u>Spending</u> so much money on new phones is annoying'' | ||
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'''Finite verb''' = action verb | '''Finite verb''' = action verb | ||
* has a subject | |||
'''Non-finite verb''' = verbs acting as adjective, adverb or noun | '''Non-finite verb''' = verbs acting as adjective, adverb or noun | ||
* does not have a subject | |||
* also called “verbals” | |||
== Participle == | == Participle == | ||
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· ''can be a finite or non-finite verb'' | · ''can be a finite or non-finite verb'' | ||
<nowiki>*</nowiki> | |||
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