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Uses of English verb forms

Modern standard English has various verb forms, including:

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Inflected forms of verbs

Verbs in combination

Tenses, aspects and moods

Active and passive voice

Negation and questions

Modal verbs

Uses of verb combination types

Have got and can see

Been and gone

Conditional sentences

Expressions of wish

Indirect speech

Uses of nonfinite verbs

Deverbal uses

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Uses of English verb forms

Nodes172
Edges171
Triples46
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011628
Components1

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Important terminology

present past used perfect see verb progressive tense verbs aspect also english conditional time future would form uses simple forms

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
goinstance ofFinite verb forms0.80text
goesinstance ofFinite verb forms0.80text
wentNonfinite forms such asinstance ofFinite verb forms0.80text
go oninstance ofitems0.80text
slip awayinstance ofitems0.80text
break offinstance ofitems0.80text
Latininstance ofIn contrast to languages0.80text
thoughinstance ofIn contrast to languages0.80text
English has only limited means for expressing these categories through verb conjugationinstance ofIn contrast to languages0.80text
and tends mostly to express them periphrasticallyinstance ofIn contrast to languages0.80text
using the verb combinations mentioned in the previous sectioninstance ofIn contrast to languages0.80text
willinstance ofis sometimes applied to periphrastic constructions involving modals0.80text

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