Each sentence requires two components, namely the subject and its predicate. Verbs containing main verbs or linking verbs occupy the predicate position. Here some verb problems are:
1. A subordinate clause attaches to incomplete main clauses.
The sentence “The man sitting on the door ( )” is ungrammatical because of the lack of verb phrases in the main clause.
2. The subject containing the noun is repeated by the antecedent.
The man (he) burns the police building.
The pronoun “he” makes the sentence ungrammaticality due to the fact that it makes the double subject.
3. Finite form of the verb is none.
The sentence “The three staffs (being) shot by the robber” is not permitted due to the inappropriate finite form. Otherwise, “The three staffs are shot by the robber” is grammaticality.
4. The verb is in the inappropriate structures.
It (is) usually (shining) in September.
The structure is not permitted because it shows the natural phenomena. As a result, the sentence “It usually shines in September” is acceptable.
5. The verb is correct but is in the active voice where the passive one is more applicable.
The first computer makes from westerners.
Because the noun “computer” is not a human having the life characteristic, the structure the first computer are made by westerners is permitted.
6. To be does not agree with participles in tenses.
The sentence “This syndicate has (being) established in 1980” is not permitted. Here the word to be (being) is incorrect due to the fact that the structure needs the word to be (been).
Baker, C., L. 1989. English Syntax. London: The MIT Press.
References
Baker, C., L. 1989. English Syntax. London: The MIT Press.
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