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    Verbs constitute one of the main parts of speech (word classes) in the English language. Like other types of words in the language, English verbs are...
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    Irregular verbs in Modern English include many of the most common verbs: the dozen most frequently used English verbs are all irregular. New verbs (including...
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    order to distinguish phrasal verbs from verb phrases composed of a verb and a collocated preposition. Others include verbs with prepositions under the...
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    central English modal auxiliary verbs are can (with could), may (with might), shall (with should), will (with would), and must. A few other verbs are usually...
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    "auxiliary" but says: All other verbs are called verbs-neuters-un-perfect because they require the infinitive mood of another verb to express their signification...
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    inflected forms of verbs are produced in English, see English verbs. For the grammatical structure of clauses, including word order, see English clause syntax...
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  • modern English, strong verbs are rare, and they are mostly categorised as irregular verbs. In Old English, meanwhile, strong verbs were much more common...
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  • forms of verbs, ending in -ing, are always regular. In English, these are used as verbs, adjectives, and nouns.) In the case of modal verbs the present...
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  • principal verbs, it may also be used for a wider group of verbs with similar potential functions (like become, get, feel and seem in English); alternatively...
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  • a limited number of verbs, or if it requires the specification of more than one principal part (as with the German strong verbs), views may differ as...
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