posted by rfvv Monday, April 9, 2018 at 10:21pm
1. What is the root verb of 'seen'?
2. What is the base verb of 'seen'?
3. What is the bare infinitive of 'seen'?
4. What is the verb root of 'seen'?
5. What is the dictionary form of 'seen'?
6. What is the base from of the verb 'seen'?
-It's 'see.'
[Which expression in each question is ungrammatical?]
Writeacher Monday, April 9, 2018 at 11:24pm
2 has the best phrasing. The rest don’t (unless there’s a typo in 6).
The answer should be phrased like this: It’s “to see.”
rfvv Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 7:54pm
1. What is the root verb of 'seen'?
2. What is the base verb of 'seen'?
3. What is the bare infinitive of 'seen'?
4. What is the verb root of 'seen'?
5. What is the dictionary form of 'seen'?
6. What is the base form of the verb 'seen'?
-It's 'see.'
[Which expression in each question is ungrammatical?]
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Thank you for your help.
7. a verb root
8. a root verb
[Which expression is grammatical? I found #7 on-line. What about #8? Can we use #8?]
Both expressions, "a verb root" and "a root verb," can be used grammatically, but they have slightly different meanings.
In linguistics, "verb root" refers to the core or base form of a verb that can be further modified or inflected to create different verb forms. It is the basic form of the verb without any affixes or endings. For example, in the word "singing," the verb root is "sing."
On the other hand, "root verb" refers to a verb that serves as the base or main form from which different verb forms are derived. It is the base form of the verb before any changes or additions. In the case of the verb "see," the root verb is also "see."
So, in the given context, the expression "a verb root" is more appropriate because it specifically refers to the basic form of a verb without any modifications. However, "a root verb" can still be understood and used in some cases to mean the same thing.
Both expressions are grammatical, but they have slightly different meanings:
7. "a verb root" is commonly used to refer to the base form of a verb, from which other forms are derived (e.g. "see" is the verb root of "seen", "saw", "seeing", etc.).
8. "a root verb" is a less common phrase, but it can be used to refer to the main or basic form of a verb from which other variations are derived. It is similar in meaning to "verb root", but the emphasis is more on the verb as a whole rather than just the base form.
So while both expressions are grammatical, #7 ("a verb root") is more commonly used and understood.