Verbs

“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say; I just watch what they do.” - Andrew Carnegie

Verb - The part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence

There are two types of verbs:

Finite Verb - Works with the subject of the sentence to give a sense of completeness, that a statement was made.

Finite Verb - a verb form that distinguishes person, number, and tense, and also mood or aspect

Nonfinite Verb or Verbal - Acts as a nominal or a modifier. It does not work with a subject or give a sense of completeness.

Nonfinite Verb - a verb form that does not indicate person or number

Verbal - a word, particularly a noun or adjective, derived from a verb.

Nominal - functioning as or like a noun.

Modifier - A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or word group.