Difference between revisions of "Verb phrase"
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- Also known as: 动词短语 (dòngcí duǎnyǔ).
A verb phrase is the component of a sentence that contains the verb and an object.
• The order of constituents of a V-O phrase is fixed: the verb precedes the object. • The first constituent of a V-O phrase is a transitive verb indicating an action or behavior, while the second refers to the person or things affected by the action. • No function word is used between the verb and its object. • Normally the stress of a V-O phase falls on the object in pronunciation.
The V-O phrase can both serve as subject, object, attributive, adverbial adjunct and complement of degree.
