joeldruark-patch-1 (#682)

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A ``dynamic verb`` describes a subject performing an action.
The subject is *doing* something.

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An ``intransitive verb`` is a verb that does NOT require an object to receive the verbal action.
A sentence with an intransitive verb is complete without an object.
Dynamic verbs can be either transitive or intransitive, but stative verbs are always intransitive.

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A ``linking verb`` is a verb that either equates two :ref:`nouns<noun>`, or equates a noun and an :ref:`adjective<adjective>`.
A linking verb can be implied by the context in all three biblical languages: Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic, and Koiné Greek.
This is not the case in English, however.
In English, linking verbs must be explicitly expressed.
Therefore, in many sentences a linking verb must be supplied when translating the Bible into English.

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Rather than describing a specific action, a ``stative verb`` describes the subject's state of being (the way the subject is).
The subject is *not* doing anything.

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A transitive verb is a dynamic verb that requires an object that receives the verbal action.
A sentence with a transitive verb is not complete without the object.
Stative verbs are never transitive.