{"id":70,"date":"2013-09-22T10:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T10:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeygrammar.org\/index.php\/2013\/09\/22\/sentences-verbs-2\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:42:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:42:36","slug":"sentences-verbs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/sentences-verbs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentences & Verbs (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This summer I went some kind of diving in Bali <\/span>with my family.  When we were done, I talked to <\/span>a diving coach, in English.  We chatted and chatted<\/span>.  Yet, all of a sudden, something popped into my mind<\/span>.  What is that something?  In our conversation, I found something, something that is unique to most Asian languages<\/span>.  What is it?  There is a missing baby.<\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/h2>\n

A. What is a Missing Baby (Verb)?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Read our conversation and you will know what I am talking about.<\/p>\n


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

\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n
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Me<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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You live here, right?  So what do you think about Bali?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Coach<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Bali good.  People nice.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\n<\/span> Me<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Yes, coaches here <\/span>are<\/span> good and nice too.  <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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So you may ask: What is the problem with saying Bali good<\/span> instead of ‘Bali is<\/span> good<\/b>‘.  There will not be any problem if you don’t want to<\/span> speed up your learning of English<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n<\/span><\/h2>\n


\n<\/span><\/h2>\n

B. Three Types of Verbs<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/h2>\n
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If you want to enhance<\/span> your proficiency in English, both written and spoken<\/span>, (there is) one thing you can’t afford to miss:<\/p>\n


\n<\/b><\/span>Types of Verbs<\/b><\/span>
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\n<\/b><\/span>
\n<\/b><\/span>
\n<\/b><\/span>
\n<\/b><\/span>
\n<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

If you think I am going to give you some grammatical terms<\/span> that are boring<\/span> and dry<\/span>, well think again. There are funny names<\/b><\/span> for the three types of verbs in English, namely:<\/p>\n


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

\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n
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Type 1<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\n
Type 2<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
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Type 3<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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    <\/span><\/div>\n
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Helping Verbs<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Can<\/span> you name the three types of verbs<\/b>?      <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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For this post the focus is on the first type of verbs: Baby Verbs<\/span>.  Why<\/span> do I call them Baby Verbs? Well, they do ‘almost nothing<\/span>‘.  What do I mean by ‘almost nothing’?  They (Baby Verbs) are just something sticky<\/span>, so sticky that they link the left with the right, as shown below.<\/p>\n


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

\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n
\n
Left<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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+<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
<\/span>Right<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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These entrepreneurs<\/span> <\/span>            < ——-<\/span>  <\/span> <\/span>are<\/span> <\/span>  <\/span>——-><\/span> <\/span>     <\/span>(digitally) smart.<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n

Well (being) sticky is nothing special, why do you have to care about them<\/b><\/span>?<\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/h2>\n


\n<\/span><\/h2>\n

C. The Mermaid Structure<\/span><\/h2>\n

It is because there is another thing about sentence structures<\/b><\/span> of English.  What is it?  It has something to do with diving too.  Before you get the answer, check out the following mermaid.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What do you see?  Now<\/span> look at it again from another angle<\/span> <\/span>(perspective):<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Do you see that?  What?  The mermaid is ‘divided’ into three parts.  So what is my point<\/span>?  You can break a sentence in English into three parts?  Which three: Head<\/b><\/span>, Body<\/b><\/span>, and Tail<\/b><\/span>.   So do you think you can give the following sentence a go?  Break it into three.<\/p>\n

Creating<\/span> a new business model is<\/span> not so easy. <\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n
When you break it into three parts, you will find that <\/span>‘creating’ is not a verb<\/span>.  Instead, ‘is’ the sticky thing, the Baby Verb, is the verb of the sentence.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
\n
HEAD<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
BODY<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
TAIL<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Creating<\/span><\/span> a new business model<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
is<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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not so easy.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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The problem of Missing Babies becomes more serious<\/span> if you try to make a long sentence (at a meeting):<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
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\n\n\n\n\n
\n
Head<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Body <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
    |Tail<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
What I am going to present today<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Missing Baby Verb<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
(<\/span><\/b>is<\/span>)<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
a plan to change the world<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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So for the sake of easy memory, we will give the structure a name: Hot <\/b><\/span>Mermaid (<\/span>H<\/span>ead, B<\/span>o<\/span>dy, & <\/span>T<\/span>ail)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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