Foreword

I have enjoyed a friendship with Michael Faulkner (Dr. Faulkner) over many years, starting when he was a student of mine during the Vietnam War era. I am certain Michael has enjoyed and appreciated the collaboration of his daughter Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford in this Power Verbs series. His writing a series of books on verbs is not a surprise to me, to some extent because he was a Marine. His military background complements the skills of a man who has led as a student, businessman, and educator. I will not forget hiking with him in the mid-1970s on the Berryman Trail in the Missouri Ozarks. The plan was to hike the trail in two days. With Mike as our point man, we finished it in one. So if I had to choose a part of speech to describe ...

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