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A stranger came up to me and shook my hand. }], { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '346693' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot2' }}]}, if(pl_p) For example, they can change the tense of your main verb, or indicate the possibility, permission or necessity for something to happen. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195453', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971071', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971068', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, close, end, conclude, finish, complete, terminate mean to bring or come to a stopping point or limit. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot3' }}]}, window.__tcfapi('removeEventListener', 2, function(success){ { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(false); { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446381' }}, var mapping_leftslot = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1063, 0], [[120, 600], [160, 600], [300, 600]]).addSize([963, 0], [[120, 600], [160, 600]]).addSize([0, 0], []).build(); { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '346688' }}, A verb phrase can be the predicate of the clause or sentence. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195454', size: [300, 250] }}, iasLog("__tcfapi removeEventListener", success); "authorizationTimeout": 10000 { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971070', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195453', size: [320, 100] }}, "error": true, She could tell us something if she would …. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot3' }}]}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971067', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, In that case, in the original sentence, close modifies the verb so it is an adverb. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '776338', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_btmslot' }}]}, The most common nonaction verb is to be. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot3' }}]}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654157' }}, }, { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_rightslot' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [120, 600] }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_SR' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '776346', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_btmslot' }}]}, {code: 'ad_contentslot_1', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [336, 280]] } }, 5. 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