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Verb is a word that defines action.. something that is in the doing state.. then how can we say that "is" is a verb?
Verb is a word that defines action.. something that is in the doing state.. then how can we say that "is" is a verb?
Yes, they tell us in school that a verb is a 'doing' word, but there are many verbs we can 'do' without 'doing' anything: being, appearing, seeming, looking (like)... The word verb is from Latin verbum, meaning 'word', but etymologists say the word entered English from an old French word verbe , around the 14th century, by which time the meaning had changed to 'part of speech expressing action or being'Verb is a word that defines action.. something that is in the doing state.. then how can we say that "is" is a verb?
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