{"id":110,"date":"2012-10-12T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeygrammar.org\/index.php\/2012\/10\/12\/grammar-for-business-english-3-verb-2\/"},"modified":"2020-04-16T11:29:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T11:29:55","slug":"grammar-for-business-english-3-verb-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/grammar-for-business-english-3-verb-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammar for Business English 3: Verb (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary: This post is about how to group verbs<\/b> into different folders<\/b> so that it is easier<\/b>, if not funnier, for you to learn verbs in English, Business English in special.   In a word, it is also a simplified version<\/b> of verb groupings from the Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English<\/b> (p.361-364).  <\/span><\/p>\n

Verbs (3): How many verbs are there (Part II)?<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\nLast time we talked about the amount of verbs in Business English. And to make things <\/span>easy<\/b><\/span> for you, we put verbs into <\/span>different folders<\/b><\/span>. If you still remember, there are altogether six folders, the first three being <\/span>Actions<\/b><\/span>, <\/span>Head & Mouth<\/span> (H&M), and <\/span>Brain<\/b><\/span>. Now we will move on to the other three. <\/span>
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\n<\/span><\/span>
\nFolder 4<\/b><\/span> includes verbs that have to do with \u2018why\u2019. Why does something happen? What makes it happen? So, it is the Folder of <\/span>REASON.<\/span> <\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\nFolder 4:<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n
Our new invention<\/span><\/td>\nfacilitates<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\n
the process of quality control.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This new app<\/span><\/td>\nenables<\/span><\/td>\n\n
the exchange of information in less than one second. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n<\/span>
\nOther examples include<\/span> <\/span>cause<\/b><\/span>, <\/span>allow<\/span>, and <\/span>require<\/b><\/span>.  <\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\nFolder 5:<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n
\n
The company<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
developed<\/span><\/td>\na chain of fast food shop. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
The world economy<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
began<\/span><\/td>\nto recover from regression.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

<\/span>
\nVerbs in <\/span>folder 5<\/b><\/span> are verbs of <\/span>CHANGE<\/span>. They are on the move all the time, like a river, and the sea that it is hard for them to stop.  <\/span>Other examples include<\/span> <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span>increase<\/span><\/b>, <\/span>decrease<\/b><\/span>, <\/span>reduce<\/b><\/span>, and <\/span>become<\/b><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n <\/span>
\n<\/span>
\nVerbs in <\/span>folder 6<\/b><\/span> are the youngest. They have nothing to do that they have no action whatsoever. They are <\/span>BABY<\/span> verbs. <\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\nFolder 6: <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n
\n
The problem<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
is <\/span><\/td>\n\n
out of control. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
The outlook of the UK economy <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
seems<\/span><\/td>\n\n
gloomy. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Other examples include: <\/span>are, was, were<\/span> and <\/span> will be<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\nSo, to sum up the six folders are <\/span>Action<\/span>,<\/span> Head and Mouth<\/span>,<\/span> Brain<\/span>, <\/span>Reason<\/span>,<\/span> Change<\/span>,<\/span> Baby<\/span>, <\/span>as shown in the following table.  <\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n
Action<\/span><\/span><\/td>\ne.g. run, open, work<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Head & Mouth (H&M)<\/span><\/span><\/td>\ne.g. ask, annonce, write, discuss, suggest<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brain<\/span><\/span><\/td>\ne.g. think, decide, feel (think), guess<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n
Reason<\/span><\/span><\/td>\ne.g. cause, permit, require<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Change<\/span><\/span><\/td>\ne.g. develop, change, become<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baby<\/span><\/span><\/td>\ne.g. is, am, are, was, were, seem<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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