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Revision as of 10:14, 19 April 2017
- Semantic test:
- Verbs refer to actions
- morphological test:
- Verbs can combine with a 3rd singular inflection (-(e)s)
- Verbs can combine with a past tense inflection (-ed)
- Verbs can combine with -ing (in the contexts: __-ing can be fun, Pat was __-ing)
- syntactic test
- Verbs can occur directly after can: They can __ ...
- Verbs can occur directly after wanted to: Pat wanted to __ ...