... etc. causing the happeningdenoted by the verb. 1.1.2. Verb, verb phrase and their features: According to Collin Cobuild English grammar (1990), " ;verb is a word used with asubject to say ... types of verb: main verbs (e.g:sleep,learn,go, etc.) and auxilary verbs which include primary auxilaries (do, have, be) andmodal auxilaries (e.g: may, could ). They also argue that " ;verb phrase ... and the verb. The verb maywrongly agree with the object, instead of the subject if a prepositional phrase or some otherwords which are nearer to the verb. Therefore, the rule of subject- verb...