Sentence examples for certain verb from inspiring English sources

The findings suggest that a large portion of the errors can be ascribed to both crosslinguistic differences in the use of perfective verb phrases and intralingual difficulties in differentiating the temporal references of certain verb forms.

Percentages of errors made in the use of the present perfect, in particular, were analysed and explained by (1) identifying the differences between the subjects' mother tongue and the target language, (2) considering the subjects' tendency to use certain verb forms in various situations, and (3) referring to the rules governing its use in English.

And so the best part of the class was the teacher's use of a certain verb.

A characteristic feature of New Indo-Aryan, however, is the use of certain verbs, variously called vector verbs or compound verbs, in restricted contexts and with particular semantics.

Catalan stresses certain verbs on the root rather than on the infinitive ending, as in Spanish (Catalan VENdre, Spanish venDER "to sell").

In practice, this means looking for repetitions of nouns, adjectives and certain verbs and then testing the fitness of various patterns of segmentation to see which seems the best (as measured by what the company mysteriously calls 'thematic cohesion probability').

(on a particular occasion).' Compare also tha ghrápho 'I'll be writing' but tha ghrápso 'I'll write (once).' The difference is sometimes represented lexically in English: ákuye 'he listened' and ákuse 'he heard.' The passive forms are largely confined to certain verbs active in meaning like érkhome 'I come,' fováme 'I am afraid,' and reciprocal usages (filyóndusan 'they were kissing').

The de dicto/de re ambiguity occurs with certain verbs and modal operators.

There are weak or unobvious entailment relations that exist between certain verbs, which also make for unreasonable reversed orderings as shown in (19).

Certain verbs may be followed by an object and then by an infinitive with to – I told you to do it.

We examine the types of clauses that cause difficulties for the experienced SFL analyst, and explain how the indeterminacy of certain verbs, notably performative verbs, have divergent meanings represented in the clause.