Sentence examples for usage of the verb from inspiring English sources

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The "disputed usage" of the verb "to author".

I watched a scene between Smulders and Nat Faxon, who plays Nick, a single, independently wealthy roué, during which they spent several long takes riffing on proper grammatical usage of the verb "to bone," with Stoller tossing out his own embellishments.

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Note the use of the verb "attached".

Note the use of the verb "have".

Identify that reflexive verbs formed by the use of the verb ponerse and volverse.

They also have three versions of the verb "to go", whose correct usage depends on the direction of travel in relation to the direction of the local river's current.

The test required the students to call on their knowledge in identifying parts of speech, making verbs agree with the sentence, supplying the correct form of the verb, using correct pronoun and article usage, and identifying fragment and run-on sentences (See Additional file 1: Appendix for sample questions).

From "The American Heritage College Dictionary," p. 547:> USAGE NOTE The verbs founder and flounder are often confused.

From "The American Heritage College Dictionary," p. 547: USAGE NOTE The verbs founder and flounder are often confused.

In normal word order the inflected verb immediately follows the subject; any remaining part of the verb phrase occurs as close to the inflected verb as possible.

Derivational extensions modify the meaning of the verb root.

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