• Japen Sarage

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English words can be classified into grammatical and content words. The first class
implies those with no referent meaning such as prepositions, modals, auxiliaries, connectors,
and some determiners whereas the second involves the ones with clear meanings such as nouns,
full verbs, adverbs, and adjectives. The term full verb refers to the verb that carries referential
meaning. This is different from modals and auxiliaries, which carry grammatical meaning and
depend on full verbs.
A content verb plays an important role in syntax. It determines the presence of other elements in
a sentence. The verb eat, for example, requires the presence of an anímate subject and an object.
When two different content verbs appear in a sentence they may bear the same sentence element,
which can be embedded.
The non-finite clause in Leaving the room, she slammed the door. shows an embedded part of
the subject she. The sentence is originated from When she was leaving the room, she slammed
the door. The two content verbs bear the same subject she. Two content verbs may appear in the
followings: She let him go. I had my eyes tested. Those sentences show embedded parts with
different functions. This paper tries to discuss an English full verb, which appear together with
another full verbs allowing an embedding process.

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