"Only one of every ten private investigators is a woman" doesn't contain an action verb. The verb is is, and it's a linking verb.
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Yes, the word works. The word is an action performed by the subject Mary. Mary works every day
Yes, every sentence can be an utterance but not every utterance can be a sentence. This is because an utterance can be just an action of saying or expressing something aloud which may not be a sentence. However, every sentence (that is spoken) can be an utterance because sentences can be said to be a more 'complete' version of an utterance.
Process Service is a field where every Private Investigator gets involved. An average of how much Process Services are charged could be at $50 and the Private Investigators make a healthy living just by providing Process Services.
Every adult and sane individual is responsible for his action.
Every private limited company must have at least one shareholder.
Think of it this way: every sentence has a subject and a preticate, many have direct objects too. So if this sentence were Bob looks at the dog, then what is the sentence about? Bob. What does he do? He looks. At is not an action verb, or even a helping verb. In this sentence at is a preposition describing dog. So simply- The action verb in Looks At is Looks.
No. Every sentence requires a predicate (a verb or action word) and this phrase does not contain a predicate.
Yes this is an active sentence because it tells us who did the action(run). Passive sentences don't usually tell us who did the action(verb). Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa in the 16th century. In this sentence we know who did the action (painted) it was Leonardo. This is an active sentence. The Mona Lisa was painted in the 16th century. In this sentence we don't know who did the action (painted). This is a passive sentence.
A verb is a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being. To identify a verb in a sentence, look for words that describe actions, such as "run," "eat," or "sleep." Verbs often show the relationship between the subject and the rest of the sentence.
"Drive." Every time you look for a verb, look for the action.
Newton's third law of motion - simplified into the sentence, "To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."