{"id":78,"date":"2013-08-21T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeygrammar.org\/index.php\/2013\/08\/21\/sentence-verb-1\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:38:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:38:38","slug":"sentence-verb-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/sentence-verb-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentence & Verb (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is English your mother tongue?  <\/span>Do your <\/span>parents<\/span> talk to you <\/span>in English<\/span> all the time? <\/span>Do you think<\/span> <\/span>English sentences<\/span> <\/span>are something easy to master? <\/span>If your answers to the questions are negative, then this post is <\/span>important to you<\/span>.  <\/span><\/div>\n

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It will probably <\/span>change<\/span> the ways you<\/span> think about<\/span> English sentences.  <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Yet, don\u2019t just sit where you are.  This post asks you to finish two tasks that are <\/span>dangerous<\/span>.  <\/span>You have to be <\/span>a superhero<\/span> or <\/span>super heroine<\/span> so you must get changed. <\/span>So are you<\/span> <\/span>ready<\/span> <\/span>now?<\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/span>But wait a minute, before you transform yourself, there a sentence for you:<\/span>
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Our company <\/span>planned <\/span>to develop<\/span><\/span> a new product.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\n<\/span>I guess it\u2019s easy to understand <\/span>the meaning<\/span> of the sentence, but the questions are:<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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\u25cf     <\/span><\/span>What is \u2018to expand<\/span>\u2019? Is it the same as \u2018expand<\/span>\u2019?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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to develop<\/span> VS <\/span>develop<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u25cf     <\/span><\/span>Is there <\/span>anything wrong<\/span> with:<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Our company <\/span>planned developed<\/span> a new product.<\/o:p><\/span>
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\n<\/span>It is absolutely wrong <\/span>to put ‘<\/span>planned developed<\/span>‘ together in a sentence.  <\/span>
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What\u2019s Wrong with Two Verbs Coming Together?<\/b><\/span><\/o:p><\/i><\/div>\n

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But <\/span>why<\/span> is it <\/span>wrong<\/span>?  <\/span>Why can\u2019t<\/span> we put two verbs together (in a sentence)? <\/span>Before you know why, there are<\/span> <\/span>2 problems<\/span> <\/span>for you to solve:<\/span><\/div>\n

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1. A <\/span>Crash<\/span> of <\/span>Two Cars<\/span> (Verbs)<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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2. A <\/span>House<\/span> with <\/span>Two Wives<\/span> (Verbs)<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Problem 1<\/span>: <\/span><\/span>A <\/span>Crash<\/span> of <\/span>Two Cars<\/span> (Verbs)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n


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Now you are <\/span>a superhero<\/span> or <\/span>super heroine<\/span><\/span> walking on a street.  D<\/span><\/span>o you know the name of the street?<\/span><\/div>\n

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The Street<\/b><\/span> of Sentence<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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You may imagine that a sentence is like <\/span>a one-way street <\/span>and verbs are like <\/span>cars.<\/span>   What happens if two cars from opposite directions <\/span>running into each other<\/span> at full speed? <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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So to prevent any car accidents (crash) from happening, you, the hero or heroine, have to <\/span>do something about it<\/span>. What is it?  You are going to get the answers after you have read the details of the second \u2018accident\u2019, a tougher one:<\/span>
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\n<\/span> <\/span>Problem 2: <\/span><\/span>A <\/span>House<\/span> with <\/span>Two Wives<\/span> (Verbs)<\/span><\/b>
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This time, there are two <\/span>ladies<\/span> sitting in one house. They <\/span>chat<\/span> and <\/span>chat<\/span> and <\/span>chat <\/span>and <\/span>chat<\/span>.  <\/span>They find out that they have lots of things<\/span> in common<\/span>, like the same models of mobile phones and taste for clothes.   <\/span>Yet<\/span>, what they don\u2019t want to know but finally find out is: <\/span>they share<\/span> <\/span>the same husband<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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So what is the point?  My point is:<\/span> <\/span>An English<\/span> <\/span>sentence<\/span> is <\/span>like a house<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span>It can\u2019t have<\/span> two wives<\/span><\/span> (<\/span>two verbs<\/span>) in it.  <\/span><\/span>So, <\/span>what <\/span>can you do to <\/span>stop the fight<\/span>? You will do something about it, right?  <\/span>You have to think <\/span>different<\/span>, not about women, but <\/span>about English<\/span>.  <\/span>You have to group verbs into <\/span>two types<\/span>:<\/span><\/div>\n
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Big<\/span> Verbs<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Small <\/span>Verbs <\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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\n<\/i>What are Big Verbs & Small Verbs<\/span>?<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n


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Although men think that <\/span>sizes<\/span> matter, in the world of English it is different.  <\/span>Big Verbs and Small Verbs have <\/span>nothing to do with<\/span> their sizes. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Big Verbs are only verbs that <\/span>come first <\/span>in a sentence, pretty much like <\/span>a first-born <\/span>child in a family.   In other words, a sentence is like a family, in which a first born child is privileged (given special rights). <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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That is, a verb can be big or small, depending on<\/span> its position<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/b>in a sentence<\/span>. <\/span><\/b>  <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Any verb that comes first<\/span> in a sentence is a big one; any verb that comes next<\/span> is a small one.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
(If you want some grammar terms, Big Verbs are finite<\/span> verbs and Small Verbs are non-finite<\/span>.<\/span>)  <\/span><\/span>So in the sentence, \u2018<\/span>Our company <\/span>planned to develop<\/span> a new product\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2018<\/span>planned<\/span>\u2019 is a Big Verb, and<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u2018<\/span>to expand<\/span>\u2019 is a Small Verb.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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a new product.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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So to get the point of Big Verbs and Small Verbs, you may <\/span>visuali<\/span>z<\/span>e<\/span><\/span> sentences. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Whenever you read a sentence, try to <\/span>look for<\/span> the first verb (Big Verb) and then the second verb (Small Verb).  <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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For example<\/span>, the following sentence will be something different.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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We plan to reduce our budget on travel allowances.  <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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We <\/span>plan<\/span> <\/span>to reduce<\/span> our budget on travel allowances.  <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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plan<\/span>  <\/span>         <\/span>to reduce<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n


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Well, <\/span>are we done<\/span>?  Not so soon.  More about Big and Small Verbs are to come.      <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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