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
\n
+<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
<\/span>Right<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
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
\n
not so easy.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\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
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\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
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
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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