| 1. | For some languages, nominal sentences are restricted to third person only.
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| 2. | The most important type of these are nominal sentences.
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| 3. | Nominal sentences use the verb " to be ".
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| 4. | The relation of nominal sentences to verbal sentences is a question of tense marking.
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| 5. | Nominal sentences can be negated in different ways depending on tense and whether or not they are embedded.
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| 6. | In order to negate a nominal sentence in the past, however, the copular verb must be included.
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| 7. | In most languages with nominal sentences such as Hebrew, the copular verb does not surface in present tense sentences.
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| 8. | This slight shift in the definition of nominal sentences corresponds partly to both the Western and the Arabic Grammar tradition.
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| 9. | The indeterminate sentence must be reviewed by the court when the nominal sentence has expired and every three years afterward.
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| 10. | Demonstrated by the sentence above is the idea that tense is a guiding factor to the use of nominal sentences in Arabic.
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