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A verb is an action word so suspect would be a verb because you are doing something.

It can also be a noun.

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When in a sentence do you use the word 'whom'?

The form who of the relative pronoun is used as the subject of a verb. Whom is used in writing as the object of a verb or a preposition and cannot be the subject of a finite verb. "This is the person whom I suspect of being guilty," but "This is the person who I suspect is guilty." The difference is that in the first case, whom is the object of a verb, suspect, and in the second, who is the subject of a verb, is.


Is it grammatically correct to say you look suspect?

The phrase "you look suspect," is grammatically correct. It contains a subject of you, the verb to look, and suspect as the direct object.


How are who and whom different?

They are different in exactly the same way the he and him are different. "Who" is the subject of a verb. "Whom" is the object of a verb or preposition. For example: The man who (subject), we suspect, committed the crime, is (verb) here. Compared to : The man whom (object) we suspect(verb) of committing the crime is here.


What is the abstract noun of suspect?

The word 'suspect' is both a noun (suspect, suspects) and a verb (suspect, suspects, suspecting, suspected).To suspect someone of something is an action, so it is a verb.A suspect as in person who has been arrested for a crime in a noun.A verb is a word that describes an action (run, walk, etc), a state of being (exist, stand, etc) or occurrence (happen, become, etc).A noun is a word for a person (man, lady, teacher, etc), place (home, city, beach, etc) or thing (car, banana, book, etc).


What are synonyms of suspicious?

suspect

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What is the verb form of suspicion?

The verb form of suspicion is "suspect."


What is the noun related to the word verb suspect?

The word 'suspect' is a noun, a verb, and an adjective. EXAMPLES: noun: The police interviewed the suspect for hours. verb: We suspect that a leak in the roof caused these stains. adjective: The suspect information should be investigated further. A noun form for the verb to suspect is suspicion.


What the part of speech of suspect?

Suspect is a verb and a noun.I suspect that Bob committed the crime. (verb)The police have a suspect in custody, but it's not Bob. (noun)


Is suspect an adverb?

No, it is not an adverb. Suspecting is a verb form and gerund (noun) for the verb "to suspect." There is an adverb form "unsuspectingly" (but not suspectingly) and the adverb "suspiciously."


What is the verb of suspicion?

Suspect. As I "I suspect he is wrong" or "we suspected that was not the case"


How can use the word suspect in the sentence as verb?

I suspect he is guilty.Why do I suspect the sales will drop?


What is the verb of suspense?

suspect


What part of speech is the word suspected?

Suspect is a verb and a noun.I suspect that Bob committed the crime. (verb)The police have a suspect in custody, but it's not Bob. (noun)


In the sentence They were interrogating the suspect Is were a verb or adverb?

Were is always a verb. In the example, it's an auxiliary verb.


Is 'tail a verb'?

no It can be, such as when a detective " tails " a suspect.


When in a sentence do you use the word 'whom'?

The form who of the relative pronoun is used as the subject of a verb. Whom is used in writing as the object of a verb or a preposition and cannot be the subject of a finite verb. "This is the person whom I suspect of being guilty," but "This is the person who I suspect is guilty." The difference is that in the first case, whom is the object of a verb, suspect, and in the second, who is the subject of a verb, is.


When should a question start with 'whom'?

Whom must be the object of a verb or a preposition, as in "Whom did they suspect of committing the crime," where whom is the object of the verb suspect. In the sentence "Who, do they suspect, committed the crime," who is the subject of the verb committed. It all means the same thing, but it is structurally different.