Friday, October 4, 2013

Verbs

Verbs show what the subject of a sentence does, consider five verbs in view.


Type
Typing { transitive verb}is what I {pronoun} am doing on the computer {noun} now.  Dictionary says it is a transitive verb. A transitive verb takes two objects, in the above sentence the two objects are I and computer.


Drinking
I {pronoun} am {verb} drinking {transitive verb} a cup {noun} of coffee {noun}. Is that right or is coffee an adjective. What about: I {pronoun} put {transitive verb} the (adjective} coffee {adjective} cup {noun} on {adverb} the {adjective} shelf {noun}.


Dictionary says coffee is a noun. I am confused. I consider confused in the sentence below and become more confused. And what about am being a verb, not much action there, but it does show what the sentence does.


Moved
I {pronoun} moved {verb} the mouse {noun} and the cursor {noun} moved {verb} also {adverb}.


Confused
I {pronoun} am {transitive verb} confused {adjective?}.


If confused is an adjective, where is the noun?


Look up am in the dictionary and you are referred to be, where you are informed am is present indirect and that be is a verb. You also find out why dictionaries are unusable. They talk about objects, not nouns, when talking about transitive verbs. So can an adjective be an object? Buggered if I know.


I {pronoun} am {transitive verb} a {} confused {adjective} human{noun}.


I could have been a confused person, but that is no fun, I prefer to be a living creature.


Confused
 Being {noun} tired {verb}, I {pronoun} confused {verb} the {adjective} mouse {noun} with the {adjective}coffee {adjective} cup {noun}.


Ran
 Being {noun} completely {adverb} confused {verb}, he {pronoun} just {adverb} ran {verb} away {?}.


Had to go for an easy one, "ran" is definitely a verb. As to what away is?


Adverbs

Modify and describe verbs, adjective, and other adverbs. Consider 5 adverbs.


Very
As in very tired, very confused,

Quickly 
As in ran quickly.

Completely
As in completely confused.

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