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** technically = "predicate" | ** technically = "predicate" | ||
*** predicate = "the portion of a sentence which makes a claim about the subject" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicate_(grammar) Predicate (grammar) (wikipedia)] | *** predicate = "the portion of a sentence which makes a claim about the subject" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicate_(grammar) Predicate (grammar) (wikipedia)] | ||
=== finite v. non-finite verb === | |||
* finite verb = action verb | |||
** action verb has a subject | |||
*** ex. "Joey hates golf" | |||
**** "hates" has the subject "Joey" and expresses an action | |||
* non-finite verb = has no subject | |||
** ex. "playing golf is fun" | |||
** non-finite verbs are also called "verbals" | |||
* '''finite verb''' = directly expresses an action | |||
* '''non-finite verb''' = does not directly express an action | |||
** "Joey hates playing golf" | |||
*** Joey = subject | |||
*** hates = action verb | |||
*** playing = a noun | |||
**** = not a verb as it is not a direct action and has no subject | |||
**** however, note that "golf" is the object of the non-finite verb "playing" | |||
**** finite and non-finite verbs may have objects | |||
***** object = recipient of the finite verb's action or the non-finite verb's expression of an action | |||
=== verb "moods" === | === verb "moods" === | ||