This sentence has two main verbs and a helping verb.
What do you think they are?
Calipers were set and verified at 5 mm.
Question: what are all the verbs in the sentence?
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calipers main verb
were helping verb
were helping verb
are the main verbs - calipers
- set
helping verb - - were
- set
helping verb - - were
The helping verb is "were."
But calipers is a noun and the subject of this sentence.
One of the main verbs is "set." What else happened to the calipers?
But calipers is a noun and the subject of this sentence.
One of the main verbs is "set." What else happened to the calipers?
verified - main verb ?
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were set, verified
were set, verified
Calipers were set and verified at 5 mm.