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has glosseng: Syntax English verbs possess a number of properties that make them somewhat unusual among other Germanic languages. All English verbs can be derived from a maximum of three principal parts. This represents an extensive paring down of the inflectional categories of the more conservative Germanic languages. As such, the strict distinction between transitive verbs and intransitive verbs observed in some other languages find no part in English grammar. In English, both of these sentences are equally possible: *The water is boiling. (effectively, a middle voice; compare the water is being boiled.) *The chef is boiling the water. English formerly possessed inflections that allowed transitive and intransitive verbs to be distinguished. A few of these distinctions were incorporated into the lexicon: e.g.
lexicalizationeng: English verbs
instance of(noun) the inflection of verbs
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French
has glossfra: La conjugaison anglaise se caractérise par un nombre limité de formes verbales et une certaine complexité, pour le francophone, quant à lutilisation des temps. Leur usage est en effet plus guidé par laspect que par la situation de laction sur la ligne du temps. Ainsi, lusage des modes et des temps du français ne recouvre pas nécessairement celui des modes et temps anglais correspondants.
lexicalizationfra: Conjugaison Anglaise
Italian
has glossita: I tempi verbali inglesi si dividono fondamentalmente in passato, presente e futuro; grazie alle varie perifrasi una loro caratteristica è limportanza dello svolgimento continuo dellazione.
lexicalizationita: Tempi verbali inglesi

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