ABSTRACT
There is no area of grammar that is more important to understand than the verb. This chapter classifi es its features under several headings and explains a number of grammatical concepts and constructions relating to the verb, with the aim of clarifying the way in which it functions in French. Further explanation and exemplifi cation of these concepts is to be found in Verbs 2 (pp. 204-49). For defi nitions of the terminology used refer to the Glossary on pp. xv-xxi.
