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单词 verbal noun
例句 verbal noun
Before a verbal noun or an infinitive: On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
Possessive case, 64, 67; rules for forming, 67; separate possession, in the, 67; with verbal nouns, 67 ff.; of phrase substituted for, 67; use of the apostrophe in the, 159. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z
In the examples above, the subject of the action is a single, unmodified term, immediately preceding the verbal noun, and the construction is as good as any that could be used. A Foreword to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition 2011-08-20T02:00:13.567Z
The so-called imperfect subjunctive turns out to be a verbal noun with a preposition. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z
Pr. present and imperative have survived, but all other tenses are made from verbal nouns or participles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z
Such words are frequently called verbal nouns, but the term is very likely to mislead. The Lay of Havelok the Dane
A verbal noun is the name of an action. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z
What is the rule about names composed of a plain noun and a verbal noun? Compound Words Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #36
Avoid verbal nouns where verbs can be used. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses
Generally speaking, the first two persons are formed from the verbal noun in b, which is by origin a future passive participle, and the third person is formed from the present participle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z
Prohibit was formerly construed, as forbid still is, with the infinitive, but the construction with from and the verbal noun has now entirely superseded the older usage. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions
There are also verbal nouns which have the form of the infinitive of verbs. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature
The prepositional particle mono, when placed before an abstract or verbal noun, forms a noun which indicates the subject who does the action; e.g., mono before caqi makes monocaqi 'one who writes.' Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language
It was probably pronounced Ya-kayan, and meant, as a verbal noun, He that strengthens; and thence, firm, stable, upright. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Those formed from verbs, as participials or verbal nouns, denoting a place where the action of the verb is performed. The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages
As a verbal noun the Gerund admits noun constructions as follows:— 1. New Latin Grammar
In some verbs the root itself, without any addition, is the verbal noun. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature
When a word in "-ing" is modified by "the" or some other adjective, it is an abstract verbal noun, and cannot have an object. Practical Exercises in English
Infinitives.+—The infinitive form of the verb is often called a verbal noun, because it partakes of the nature both of the verb and of the noun. Composition-Rhetoric
But this derivation of them encounters the stubborn fact that those verbal nouns never were compound, and never were or could be followed by objects. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition
Being a verbal noun, it is called in grammar a participle, rather than a mere adjective. Deductive Logic
The reason of this is that in Cornish, as in the other Celtic languages, the infinitive is counted as a verbal noun, signifying the act of doing.  A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature
Leaving should be used either as a gerund, leaving a posterity, or as a verbal noun, the leaving of a posterity. The Coverley Papers
Place In the use of participles and of verbal nouns, the leading word in sense should always be made the leading word, and not the adjunct, in the construction. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking
The inflected verb is reducible to five tenses, with an imperative, two participles, and a verbal noun or infinitive.  A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature
This is made by placing the preposition yn, en, in, and the indefinite article idn, un, before the infinitive or verbal noun A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature
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