Finite Verb
A verb that is inflected for person & for tense according to the rules & categories of the languages in which it occurs .
Every grammatically correct sentence / clause must contain a finite verb ; sentence fragments not containing finite verbs are described as phrases .
Some interjections can play the same role . Even in English , a sentence like Thanks for your help ! has an interjection where it could have a Error ! Hyperlink reference not valid . & a finite verb form ( compare I appreciate your help ! ) .
In English , as in most related languages , only verbs in certain moods are finite . These include :
The indicative mood ( expressing a state of affairs ) ; e . g . , " The bulldozer demolished the restaurant , " " The leaves were yellow & stiff . "
The imperative mood ( giving a command ) .
The subjunctive mood ( expressing something that might / might not be the state of affairs , depending on some other part of the sentence ) ; nearly extinct in English .
A verb is a word that expresses an occurrence , act , / mode of being . Finite verbs , sometimes called main verbs , are limited by time ( see tense ) , person , & number .
The finite verbs are highlighted in the following sentences :
The bear caught a salmon in the stream .
Who ate the pie ?
Stop !
A nonfinite verb form - such as a participle , infinitive , / gerund - is not limited by by time ( see tense ) , person , & number .
Verb forms that are not finite include :
The infinitive
participles ( e . g . , " The broken window . . . " , " The wheezing gentleman . . . " )
gerunds & gerundives
In linguistics , a non - finite verb ( / a verbal ) is a verb form that is not limited by a subject ; & more generally , it is not fully inflected by categories that are marked inflectionally in language , such as tense , aspect , mood , number , gender , & person . As a result , a non - finite verb cannot generally serve as the main verb in an independent clause ; rather , it heads a non - finite clause .
By some accounts , a non - finite verb acts simultaneously as a verb & as another part of speech ; it can take adverbs & certain kinds of verb arguments , producing a verbal phrase ( I . e . , non - finite clause ) , & this phrase then plays a different role — usually noun , adjective , / adverb — in a greater clause . This is the reason for the term verbal ; non - finite verbs have traditionally been classified as verbal nouns , verbal adjectives , / verbal adverbs .
English has 3 kinds of verbals :
Which function as adjectives
Which function as nouns
Infinitives
Which have noun – like , adjective – like , & adverb - like functions .
Each of these is also used in various common constructs ; for example , the past participle is used in forming the perfect aspect ( to have done ) .
Other kinds of verbals , such as supines & gerundives , exist in other languages .
Example :
The finite verbs are the underlined words .
The Crow & the Fox
1 day a crow finds a tasty piece of cheese . She picks it up , flaps her wings , & flies to a high branch of a tree to eat it .
… … … … … .
Source : International story
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Passive Voice
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Wah keren blognya thanks!