finite verb in a sentence
Examples
- A verb inflected for tense and mood is called finite; non-finite verb forms are infinitives or participles.
- In clauses with auxiliary verbs they are the finite verbs and the main verb is treated as a subordinate clause.
- Plural number is marked in finite verbs in various ways, depending on the arguments whose plurality is being indexed.
- In the dependency trees, the projection of the finite verb ( V ) is the root of the entire structure.
- The finite verb moves out of its base position after the subject into a derived position in front of the subject.
- A modal verb can serve as the finite verb introducing a verb conditional mood, as described elsewhere on this page.
- Compound tense forms consist of a non-finite verb form ( the compound tense stem ) and a finite auxiliary form.
- In particular I am puzzled about the grammatical relation between the finite verb " passed " and the participle " sending ".
- Danish has a very large vowel inventory comprising 27 V2, with the finite verb always occupying the second slot in the sentence.
- The first three categories represent agreement information that the finite verb gets from its subject ( by way of subject verb agreement ).