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[raewon]

I came across this today:

Make the statements negative by adding "do not" or "does not" before the common verb.

In this context, what does "common verb" mean. There must be something obvious that I'm missing - why isn't it simply "before the verb."?

Thanks if you can shed some light on this for me.

[edwardcatflap]

[raewon]

[pandapanda]

I assume it means normal verb as opposed to for example an auxiliary verb.

[Mosley]

To be more precise, aren't you talking about the MAIN verb?

Get a good grammar book, e.g. Michael Swan's

[raewon]

Thanks for the replies. I also thought it might have meant "main verb". Either that, or something I wasn't aware about.

I have Michael Swan's Basic English Usage - no mention of "common verb" that I can find.

[The Cosmic Hum]

Not sure if this is of any use...but could they mean "regular verb"...as opposed to irregular.
Though irregular verbs are quite common.
Just a thought.
Perhaps if you could give us the "common" verbs that went with that exercise we could be of more help.
Good luck with your search.

[Hyeon Een]

I hope the verb "to be" doesn't come up in any examples you may or may not have!

[blackjack]

did you ever think that they simply mean a "common" "verb" not a "common verb" play, ride, walk, run, talk, study.

And as for the question

do not play
do not ride
do not walk
do not run
...

[son of coco]

It's a verb that sleeps around with all the other verbs.

[some waygug-in]

My guess is they mean the root verb, "bare infinitive" or whatever else you want to call it.

Do not "go" to the store. (go is the basic form of the verb)

Do you "like" apples? (like is the basic form of the verb)

Not - going, liking, to go, to like, went, liked, have gone, have liked etc.

[tzechuk]