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Summary of Grammar
This is not intended to be a complete grammar of the English language. It provides a basic framework of description as used in this website with definitions of terms.
Basics of the sentence
: the verb and its relations, including the subject and object
Changing the relations of the verb
: neutral, passive and applicative verbs
Verbs with one or two objects
Parts of the verb
: a verb like
walk
has parts like
walks
and
walking
Verb formations
: how these parts are used
Vector verbs
: why we say
I don't know
instead of
I know not
Verbs of possession
:
I have
and
I have got
