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I/Me - You Need A Subject, A Verb And An Object
Talkback A correctly formed sentence needs a subject (He); a verb (is) and an object (me). However, the sentence "He's bigger than I" is incorrect because it contains a verb (is) and two subjects (He, I) with no object.
[April 25, 2007, 13:08]
A Sentence Should Not End With A Verb!
Talkback A verb should not end a sentence. No - He is no different than all the others are. Yes - He is no different than are all the others.
[June 2, 2007, 22:36]
French Verb Games (Mac Version)
Downloads Practice French verb conjugation using tests and puzzles. Select tenses, verb groups, and verb types depending on your level of learning. French Verb Games creates an unlimited number of tests and puzzles from your selections.
[September 17, 2008, 7:31]
'Google' Becomes An Official Verb
News Though you may have been "googling" people for years, the verb you were using was technically slang, until recently. And google is defined as a transitive verb meaning "to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (as a person) on...
[July 7, 2006, 10:40]
French Verb Conjugator
Downloads The user types in the verb, chooses the tense, and the full conjugation of the verb is displayed, with singular conjugations on the left and plural conjugations on the right. This program is ideal for a student learning French, or for anyone who...
[September 13, 2007, 23:01]
French Verb Games
Downloads Practice French verb conjugation using tests and puzzles. Select tenses, verb groups and verb types depending on your level of learning. French Verb Games creates an unlimited number of tests and puzzles from your selections.
[September 17, 2008, 7:31]
LEARNit Spanish Verb Tutor
Downloads LEARNit Spanish Verb Tutor will help you master your verbs from your first steps of the present tense regular verbs, up to and including the irregular subjunctive verbs. For beginners there are one-click Single Verb Tests.
[May 18, 2005, 0:16]
'Google' Becomes An Official Verb
Talkback When will "text-message" become an official verb? as in, "she text-messaged me earlier today")
[July 7, 2006, 20:30]
'Google' Becomes An Official Verb
Talkback along with decompiled. I have needed this word to exist for the past 6 years yet it does not but the action does exist. The act of gaining source code from a compiled piece of software!
[July 13, 2006, 13:41]
Catalog Is A Noun, Synchronize Is A Verb
White Papers In fact, recognizing that catalog is a noun and that synchronize is a verb starts to point out the dramatic differences between the two concepts and the very different roles they play in creating a state of synchronization for trading partners.
[July 21, 2003, 0:00]
German Verb Conjugator For Palm OS
Downloads Designed to help in studying or dealing with foreign languages, Conjugator is a handy substitution for the fat grammar books. It is implemented as one "host" program with many language plug-ins, each of which provides the conjugation functionality...
[September 21, 2007, 22:01]
Italian Verb Conjugator For Palm OS
Downloads Designed to help in studying or dealing with foreign languages, Conjugator is a handy substitution for the fat grammar books. It is implemented as one "host" program with many language plug-ins, each of which provides the conjugation functionality...
[November 14, 2007, 19:01]
French Verb Conjugator For Palm OS
Downloads Designed to help in studying or dealing with foreign languages, Conjugator is a handy substitution for the fat grammar books. It is implemented as one "host" program with many language plug-ins, each of which provides the conjugation functionality...
[September 10, 2007, 19:16]
Spanish Verb Conjugator For Palm OS
Downloads Designed to help in studying or working with foreign languages, Conjugator is a handy substitution for the fat grammar books. It is implemented as one "host" program with many language plug-ins, each of which provides the conjugation functionality...
[September 5, 2007, 20:46]
Spanish Verb Conjugator
Downloads Designed to help in studying or dealing with foreign languages, Conjugator is a handy substitution for the fat grammar books. It has many language plug-ins, each of which provides the conjugation functionality for a particular language.
[September 5, 2007, 20:46]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback Though "impact" should have minimal uses as a verb, it does have uses as a verb!
[July 27, 2006, 18:24]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback When it comes to "impact" not being a verb, the author is simply not familiar with engineering -- where "impact" as a verb is used to denote a specific type of action. For instance, the man impacted the ground.
[June 6, 2006, 23:24]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback The author, Jody Gilbert, states that "impact is not a verb. They all list impact as a verb. That may be news to Merriam-Webster, American Heritage and Encarta.
[June 7, 2006, 16:42]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback The word "setup" is a noun not a verb. If you are describing the process of setting something up, then you use the verb phrase "set up". "Setup" vs.set up". I see this all the time!
[June 7, 2006, 22:48]
New Word Usage...?
Talkback At what point did some authoratative body sanction the word "leverage" to be used as a verb? Anyone using the 'L' word as a verb is automatically ranked 'Loser'. We use it as a way of screening e-service cold-callers.
[April 13, 2007, 15:48]
