- Further, have occurs in a number of idiomatic multi-word phrases:
I'll have a look.
- Have serves only one auxiliary function as the marker of perfect aspect:
No one has ever seen anything like that before.
Do
-simple main verb
-pro-verb
-emphatic verb
-auxiliary verb in negative and interrogative constructions
- Main verbs do in idiomatic expressions:
Do me a favour.
- With noun phrase:
do the job, do the dishes, do your hair, do the wash, do time, do the car, do some work
- Do as pro-verb:
A transitive
Do functions as pro-verb substituting for some lexical verb, in one common pattern, do combines with a following pronoun it or this/that to form a transitive pro-verb construction:
I didn't do it.
We can't let you do that.
In some cases pro-verb do can substitute a specific lexical verb.
Sensory copular verbs
- look, feel, sound, smell, taste
Look
Common adjectives: awful, different, happy, lovely, pale, sad, puzzled, small, surprised, terrible, tired, well, young
Do I look nice?
It looks nice, doesn't it?
Feel
Common adjectives: ashamed, bad, better, cold, good, guilty, sick, sure, tired, uncomfortable, uneasy
• Physical state of being:
I'll make you feel better.
My hands feel cold.
• Mental state of being:
I always feel guilty passing Mike's house.
He felt uneasy.
Sound
Awful, angry, sad and strange to report actual hearing perceptions while good, nice, silly, stupid and interesting are used in reaction to previous utterances.
• Hearing perceptions:
She doesn't sound angry anymore.
• Reaction to idea:
Oh how nice. That sounds good to me.
Smell
Reports the smells perceived by the speaker, using adjectives such as: awful, bad, funny, musty, odd, rotten, terrible, delicious, fresh, good, lovely, nice.
The food smelled good to her.
It smells funny in here.
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