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Is say an adverb

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8y ago

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No, it is not. It is a verb, the present tense, third person singular form of the verb "to say."

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6y ago

No saying can be:

a verb -- it is the present participle of the verb say eg Now he is saying that he didn't see the accident.

a noun -- it means something people say like a proverb or idiom -- That's a good saying I will remember that

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1d ago

No, "say" is not an adverb. "Say" is a verb used to communicate something by speaking. An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb, but "say" is already a verb itself.

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No, it is not.

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