Grammar Writing: Week 4

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Adding More Features

The feature VFORM

Many verbs also have more than one form. For instance, we find not only see, but also sees, saw, seen, and seeing.


Verb form Full name Examples
fin finite sees, is, will, dances, dance (non-third person singular), danced (past tense)
? base form (= bare infinitive) see, be, dance, give
? present participle seeing, being, dancing, giving
? perfect participle seen, been, danced, given
? infinitive to (the infinitive marker)