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A "doing" verb or "action" verb is one that initiates an action, as opposed to "helping" or "passive" verbs. Examples include "to run," "to sit," "to eat," as opposed to "to be," "to have," or "to like." An easy way to tell the difference is by asking yourself to perform the action. Can you, right now, run, sit, or eat? Certainly! But you'd have a harder time telling someone "Be. Right now. Go ahead, be!"

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