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Verbless clauses — ◊ GRAMMAR Most clauses contain a verb. However, some groups of words have the same function as a main clause or a subordinate clause, but do not contain a verb. These groups of words are called verbless clauses. The following examples show… … Useful english dictionary
verbless clauses — ◊ GRAMMAR Most clauses contain a verb. However, some groups of words have the same function as a main clause or a subordinate clause, but do not contain a verb. These groups of words are called verbless clauses. The following examples show… … Useful english dictionary
verbless — adjective see verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
verbless — adj. lacking verbs … English contemporary dictionary
verbless — verb·less … English syllables
verbless — ˈ ̷ ̷ lə̇s adjective : lacking a verb … Useful english dictionary
verb — verbless, adj. /verrb/, n. any member of a class of words that are formally distinguished in many languages, as in English by taking the past ending in ed, that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or … Universalium
clause — n. group of words with a subject and predicate 1) a conditional; dependent, subordinate; independent, main; nonrestrictive; relative; restrictive; verbless clause provision article 2) (esp. AE) a grandfather clause ( a clause that exempts those… … Combinatory dictionary
verb — noun Etymology: Middle English verbe, from Anglo French, from Latin verbum word, verb more at word Date: 14th century a word that characteristically is the grammatical center of a predicate and expresses an act, occurrence, or mode of being, that … New Collegiate Dictionary
Finagle's law — of Dynamic Negatives (also known as Finagle s corollary to Murphy s Law) is usually rendered: Anything that can go wrong, will at the worst possible moment One variant (known as O Toole s Corollary of Finagle s Law) favored among hackers is a… … Wikipedia
