Can We Have Two Main Verbs In A Sentence.

[Jolly33]

In this sentence: She donated money to help found a wild life refuge. Why there are two verbs DONATED and FOUND ? Please explain me the reason.

[Neveracrossword]

If you didn't have 'found', you wouldn't know it was to start up a refuge - it'd sound as if she was helping an existing place.

[ToraToraTora]

nothing wrong with having > 1 verb in a sentence.

[Jackdaw33]

Because found here is an infinitive and not a finite verb. Anyway, there is no limit to the number of finite verbs you can have in a sentence: Eat, drink and be merry.

[Tilly2]

Are you learning English, Jolly?

[Prudie]

help is also a verb here so that's 3, no problem

[andres]

She donated money to help fund a wild life refuge makes more sense.

[ladybirder]

But Ken to fund a wildlife rescue and to found a wildlife rescue are two different things.

[JimF]

To fund - to give / donate money.
To found - to set up / establish.

[jourdain2]

As Jackdaw says, you can have any number of verbs in a sentence. If you are learning English, Jolly33, I would recommend an elderly text (still reprinted) which I always had in my bag when teaching. 'First Aid in English' by Angus McIver. There is an accompanying answer book to help. It gives the clearest, simplest breakdown of using English that I have ever come across. I used it when teaching English to native English speakers as well. My daughters' teachers used it.

[Jackdaw33]

I remember that book from my primary days.

[DTCwordfan]

the one that used to grate with me was what the Texans have a habit of saying 'Shall we be fixing to have lunch?' (Grrrr)

[dance2trance]

write what you want

[elliemay1]

Agree with recommendation of, ''First Aid in English'' by Angus McIver.
Used it widely throughout my teaching career

[brainiac]

I, too, remember Angus McIver's book (still have a copy somewhere), but I think most primary school children would struggle with the exercises in it - doubt they still do parsing!

[ichkeria]

There is only one main verb in that sentence.

You can have multiple main verbs if you divide your sentence with colons, semicolons or dashes. Or multiple main clauses.

[Jackdaw33]

Still available from Amazon @ £22.

[elliemay1]

I think it has been revised twice

[brainiac]

Found it: 'The New First Aid in English' by Angus Maciver, published by Robert Gibson and Sons, Glasgow. Would have struggled doing languages at university without the grounding this great book gave me.

[Peter Pedant]

well you can of course - roses are red and violets are blue
two main verbs voila !

otherwise one per sentence and the rest of the verbs are subsidiary. so boys and gurlz it looks as tho everyone needs a copy of first aid in english

found is a short infinitive and therefor is not a main verb

problem solved

[ichkeria]

The sentence quoted actually has THREE verbs. But only one is a main verb. As PP explains better than I did, it’s one main verb per main clause, not per sentence.