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  2. Causative - Wikipedia

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    1SG. A ferai make+ FUT + 1SG manger eat+ INF les the gâteaux cakes à PREP Jean Jean je ferai manger les gâteaux à Jean 1SG.A make+FUT+1SG eat+INF the cakes PREP Jean "I will make Jean eat the cakes." : 35 Unlike most other Romance languages, Portuguese uses a periphrastic construction like that of English, discussed below. Kiowa uses a similar mechanism. Verbs can be compounded with the ...

  3. Infinitive - Wikipedia

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    Moreover, the unmarked form of the verb is not considered an infinitive when it forms a finite verb: like a present indicative ("I sit every day"), subjunctive ("I suggest that he sit"), or imperative ("Sit down!"). (For some irregular verbs the form of the infinitive coincides additionally with that of the past tense and/or past participle ...

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    The shortest is "Buffalo!", which can be taken as a verbal imperative instruction to bully someone ("[You,] buffalo!") with the implied subject "you" removed, [4]: 99–100, 104 or, as a noun exclamation, expressing e.g. that a buffalo has been sighted, or as an adjectival exclamation, e.g. as a response to the question, "where are you from?"

  5. Use This Mobility Move to Close the Book On a Tight ... - AOL

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    The open book stretch is a solid mobility move that will help to loosen up tight chest, shoulder, and back muscles from poor posture. Use This Mobility Move to Close the Book On a Tight Upper Body ...

  6. Table (parliamentary procedure) - Wikipedia

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    In this book, the motions to lay on the table and to take from the table have the same characteristics as under RONR. [23] Mason's Manual has another motion, take from the desk , which a member uses when they desire to take up a matter that is on the desk, but on which no action has yet been taken. [ 24 ]

  7. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    Many adverbs of frequency, degree, certainty, etc. (such as often, always, almost, probably, and various others such as just) tend to be placed before the verb (they usually have chips), although if there is an auxiliary or other "special verb" (see § Verbs above), then the normal position for such adverbs is after that special verb (or after ...

  8. English verbs - Wikipedia

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    The base form or plain form of an English verb is not marked by any inflectional ending.. Certain derivational suffixes are frequently used to form verbs, such as -en (sharpen), -ate (formulate), -fy (electrify), and -ise/ize (realise/realize), but verbs with those suffixes are nonetheless considered to be base-form verbs.

  9. Grammatical conjugation - Wikipedia

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    A verb that does not follow all of the standard conjugation patterns of the language is said to be an irregular verb. The system of all conjugated variants of a particular verb or class of verbs is called a verb paradigm; this may be presented in the form of a conjugation table.