verbs

Tag details

Welcome to the 'verbs' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'verbs'.

Look up Offsite Link "verbs" at The Free Dictionary

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “verbs”

  • Verb production and word order in Russian agrammatic speakers *


    COMD NewsAuthority Authority: 157
    Background: Verb production has been shown to be impaired in individuals with agrammatic Broca’s aphasia. Several theories have linked this deficit to problems with the implementation of grammatical information that the verb contains. In particular, the number and type of arguments associated with a verb were ...
    4 days ago
  • 2010 Winter Olympics-Bound U.S. Ski Team - Ad Agency Wipes-Out on Word Choice


    A Walk in the WoRdsAuthority Authority: 123
    Just spotted this verb subcatagorization blunder in a magazine ad for the 2010 Winter Olympics-bound U.S. Ski Team. "Some gates bend, and some just lay down in fear." To refresh your memory, transitive verbs take objects, intransitive verbs dont. "Lay" is a transitive verb and there is not a direct object ...
    1 week ago
  • An Introduction


    BlogsAuthority Authority: 162
    Why a blog on the English language for Psychology Today ? What do language and grammar have to do with psychology? Plenty, as I hope this blog will make clear. In my recent book The Lexicographer’s Dilemma , I try to explain what we mean when we talk about the “rules” of language. That word has a lot of ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Grammatically impaired: A new protected class?


    Terribly WriteAuthority Authority: 141
    It must be a severe grammatical impairment that accounts for the errors by a writer for Yahoo! Shine : Maybe the grammatically impaired make up a new protected class, and Yahoo! has a legal obligation to make “reasonable accommodations” for the handicap. In this case, I’d recommend a competent ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Pleading guilty to a grammatical felony


    Terribly WriteAuthority Authority: 141
    The writer of this headline on the Yahoo! front page  should plead guilty to a subject-verb felony charge: Posted in Subject-Verb Agreement, Verbs Tagged: grammar, grammar errors, grammar mistakes, incorrect grammar, Subject-Verb Agreement, verb, Yahoo!, Yahoo! front page
    2 weeks ago
  • School House Rock Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs


    Melissas Homeschool BlogAuthority Authority: 129
    So what did you do this Veterans Day? Me, not what I planned. I have not gotten hardly anything done. So far today I walked down to see the parade, only for it to rain, and then to find out public school kids had school today. What is up with that? So no little kids actually got to see the parade, collect the ...
    2 weeks ago
  • WINTER ACTION SNOW SONGS!


    Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/EducatorAuthority Authority: 122
    (To the tune of Are you Sleeping) Dance like snowflakes Dance like snowflakes In the air In the air Whirling, Twirling snowflakes Whirling, Twirling snowflakes Here and there Here and there Skate like athletes Skate like athletes Round the track Round the track Skating, skating, faster Skating, skating, ...
    2 weeks ago
  • 48. Hurrah for The Lantern (Culture Shot)


    LearnItalianPod.com - Learn to Speak Italian with PodcastsAuthority Authority: 104
    Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod. When you think about a sea-bathing establishment right on the beach, you mentally picture men, women, and children all together enjoying their time outside. Not so if you enter the sea-bathing establishment “La Lanterna” in Trieste, Italy, where men and women cannot mingle ...
    2 weeks ago
  • New photocopiable handouts November 2009 Part One


    TEFLtastic with Alex CaseAuthority Authority: 125
    It has come to my attention (that great school teach phrase which I swore never to use mysel) that whatever link I put top gets clicked on more than the others. Unless by some lucky chance everyone coming here wants to do a past tense review on Monday morning with adults but two weeks ago wanted to do some silly ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Verb forms: seent, spunt, skinded


    Mr. VerbAuthority Authority: 119
    Sometimes people start off with a linguistic peeve and piece together a better picture of things. That looks like what Betty Winston Bayé of the Lousiville Courier-Journal did in this article, called Speakers havent seent the harm of casual language (Its short … its better for you to read it than for me ...
    3 weeks ago
  • A Guide to Online Gaming – Internet and Gaming Lingo and Jargon


    GameolosophyAuthority Authority: 423
    A Guide To Online Gaming Gaming Lingo  If you’ve just submerged yourself in the world of online gaming it can seem as though everyone is speaking a whole different language. English is the main language spoken online, however there are hundreds of words that gamers use that will just make no sense what so ever ...
    3 weeks ago
  • A Guide to Online Gaming – Internet and Gaming Lingo and Jargon


    GameolosophyAuthority Authority: 423
    A Guide To Online Gaming Gaming Lingo  If you’ve just submerged yourself in the world of online gaming it can seem as though everyone is speaking a whole different language. English is the main language spoken online, however there are hundreds of words that gamers use that will just make no sense what so ever ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Transvestites, Transgenders and Transitive Verbs


    Prefers Her Fantasy LifeAuthority Authority: 100
    As I mentioned Im teaching at a two-year college that offers an associates degree in Medical Administrative Assistance. We have a strict dress code where students are required to wear scrubs and white sports shoes. Their hair must be a "natural" color--no bright reds or blues--and they must cover all facial ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Intuition & VerBS


    [fresherthan.com]Authority Authority: 133
    Check out this video of Los Angeles hip-hop artists Intuition & VerBS hitting the stage. Big shout out to the homie Intuition rocking the Acrylick x FT shirt !
    3 weeks ago
  • Martha It Up


    HollygabAuthority Authority: 411
    Maybe you’ve already seen these photos floating around the internets. I just found them recently.  I knew Martha Stewart had been a model, but who knew Martha Stewart was this cool? Not me! I remembered seeing these photos after I had talked to my mom this morning. She’s a dedicated Martha Stewart fan. I ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Were a writer and editor involved?


    Terribly WriteAuthority Authority: 141
    Were a writer and editor involved in constructing this question on Yahoo! Music ? Is either aware that the word either is a singular? Posted in Subject-Verb Agreement, Verbs Tagged: bad grammar, grammar, grammar errors, grammar mistakes, incorrect grammar, Subject-Verb Agreement, verb, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Music
    4 weeks ago
  • College Study Tips – 8 Tips to Ease Your Reading


    Prepare For CollegeAuthority Authority: 158
    Sometimes ordinary reading methods may not help you to remember the chapter content well. You feel the reading is tough and get bogged down in this murky reading assignment. You can try the following reading techniques which help to ease the reading and help you to remember what you have read better. Tip 1: Read it ...
    4 weeks ago
  • write (to) someone


    separated by a common languageAuthority Authority: 403
    Frequent contributor Marc wrote to say that he: received this comment about a draft letter I prepared: "Can you please put in I AM WRITING TO YOU NOT I AM WRITING YOU..this is amercian and bad english." Comment is from an England-born Australian. I am willing to admit that this may be American English (and the ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Someone needs a good hazing


    Terribly WriteAuthority Authority: 141
    Not that I’m advocating violence, but the writer of this caption Yahoo! TV  deserves a rap on the knuckles with a big red pen: Posted in Subject-Verb Agreement, Verbs Tagged: bad grammar, grammar, grammar errors, grammar mistakes, incorrect grammar, Subject-Verb Agreement, verb, Yahoo!, Yahoo! TV
    4 weeks ago
  • Why Learning the Spanish Language is Growing in Popularity


    The Ultimate Foreign Language ResourceAuthority Authority: 129
    Popular culture is currently dictating that learning Spanish is the correct and wisest choice if you are choosing a second language to learn. The increasing number of Europeans and Americans that are now learning Spanish gives evidence to the fact that being able to speak Spanish is not only required for easier ...
    5 weeks ago

Comments about verbs

Personal attacks are NOT allowed
Please read our comment policy