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Grammar and Style
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Grammar and Style

by Mark Peters
February 2014
Beginner content levelBeginner
352 pages
6h 29m
English
Alpha
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CHAPTER6

Taking Action with Verbs

In This Chapter

  • Picking verb forms out of a police lineup
  • Choosing the right verb tense: timing is everything
  • Getting your nouns and verbs to agree in person and number
  • Wrapping your brain around the concept of mood
  • Opting for the active over the passive voice

Verbs have power. Verbs do things. They make things happen in language. Verbs eat, jump, organize, slash, collect, explode, and explain. Verbs are the athletes of language, and they’re definitely multi-sport.

Everyone knows that verbs express action, but they convey much more than that. They also provide subtle clues as to who or what is performing the ...

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ISBN: 9781615644407