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Non-Terminative Verbs

Lexical Meaning of Verbs

By |December 17, 2022|Categories: Grammar|Tags: , , , |

A verb can also have some aspect characteristics depending solely on its lexical meaning. Accordingly verbs are divided into terminative, non-terminative and verbs of double lexical (aspect) character. Terminative Verbs Terminative verbs denote an action implying a certain limit beyond which it cannot go. Here belong simple and composite verbs to come, to bring, to build, to give, to take, to receive, to find, to fall, to kill, to die, to become, to stand up,to sit down,to come to. He went to the kitchen and brought him a cake and a plate of biscuits.(Carter) Every [...]