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Finite Verbs

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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FINITE VERBS

ABOUT SUBJECT, NUMBER AND TENSE
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IN ORDER FOR A VERB TO BE FINITE

  • Subject
  • Number
  • Tense
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IN OTHER WORDS...

  • Who performed the action?
  • How many things/people performed it?
  • When did they perform it?
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WHISTLING THROUGH THE TREES.

FOR EXAMPLE...
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THIS IS NOT A FINITE VERB BECAUSE...

  • You don't know who or what is whistling
  • You don't know how many things/people are whistling.
  • You don't know when the thing/person whistled.
  • Remember, "whistling" is the infinitive and requires an auxilliary.
  • E.g. "Were", "are", "is", "am".
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