Definition and Examples of Verbless Clauses in English

Definition and Examples of Verbless Clauses in English In English sentence structure, a verbless condition is a proviso like development in which an action word component is inferred however not present. Such provisos are generally word intensifying, and the overlooked action word is a type of be. Otherwise called aâ free aide (or a free aide without a verbal structure) and an ostensible sentence. Models and Observations Verbless provisions are conditions which contain no action word component, and frequently additionally no subject. They are viewed as statements since they work in manners which make them comparable to limited and non-limited conditions and in light of the fact that they can be dissected as far as at least one proviso components. (Geoffroy Leech and Jan Svartvik, A Communicative Grammar of English, 1975)A verbless provision . . . is viewed as a provision since it is managing a different snippet of data corresponding to the principle statement. For instance, in the sentence, in light of a legitimate concern for the neighborhood youngsters, the board ought to rethink its choice, there are two separate snippets of data: the fundamental clausethe chamber ought to reevaluate its choice; and a reliant provision that manages issues that intrigue nearby kids. In this condition, be that as it may, the action word has been nominalized bringing about a verbless statement. Verbless provisos are not the same as verb-modifying phrases. The last furnish some data to do with the time, spot, or way in which something occurs inside a current statement. Verbless conditions, then again, give a different snippet of data outside of a current provision. (Diminish Knapp and Megan Watkins, Genre, Text, Grammar: Technologies for Teaching and Assessing Writing. UNSW Press, 2005)