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3 verbs in a sentence?

by keith
(Hong Kong,China)

I watched a cartoon yesterday. One of the characters said "all you have to do is report to me".

It seems like there are 3 verbs in this sentence(have, is, report).

Is the sentence correct or not? Could you explain why?

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3 verbs in a sentence?

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Jul 02, 2011

Answer
by: Ola Zur

Hi Keith,

Yes, this sentence is correct.

The reason is that there is simply no rule regarding the maximum amount of verbs you can have in a sentence.

For example, you can have 1 verb in a sentence:

"I read books."

You can have 2 verbs in a sentence:

"I read books that describe animals."

You can have 3 verbs in a sentence:

"I read books that describe how to feed animal."

Or you can have 6 verbs in a sentence:

"I read books that describe how to feed animal, and Joe read books that describe how to raise plants."

There is no limit :)

Ola Zuris the author of the English Short Stories Book & Workbook and English Short Stories for Complete Beginners.

Jul 01, 2011

My responce...
by: Tu

I think this sentence is not really correct, because, in cartoon, the correct grammar is not high require!

I think report should be change to reporting!
But in cartoon, this may be enough for you to understand!

In other case, are you sure you listen completely correct, every words?

Jun 28, 2011

3 verbs in a sentence ?
by: Anonymous

Hi,

There are many different forms of subjects, here it's called a noun phrase,

"all you have to do" is the subject here,

is : auxiliary verb,

report : main verb

to me: Object

I hope this is useful!

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