Noun and Predicate Phrases - UTA

Transitive verbs take direct objects, intransitive verbs take no objects, and linking verbs take words or word groups that complete the meaning of the subject by either renaming it or describing it. All these verbs may or may not take adverbial modifiers. V. N. V. VPT. PredP. NP. PredP. 1, 10Henry David Thoreau. 2 William Shakespeare. 3English ... ................
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