THE ENGLISH VERBS - Onyeji Nnaji
V erbs, founded by Plato as verbals (which he refers to as Rhema ), are very central to the study of language. The long held idea about verbs is that verbs are doing words or action words of sentences. This long held view is considered archaic. Since the function of verbs in different sentences have been analysed and found to exceed just the exhibition of actions, the definition of verbs should include or indicate the totality or the various roles verbs perform in sentences. Verbs refer to words that connote actions, possessions and state of being. By implication, it means that verbs could tell the functions of nouns or pronouns in sentences; the condition or state of nouns or pronouns, and show possessions in sentences. The central role of verbs in sentences can be considered obligatory in these senses. Therefore, we may define verbs as the aspects or part of speech that serve the obligatory roles of the sentence. In other words, verbs can be considered as the obligatory element