(PG = Prescriptive Grammar  —  DG = Descriptive Grammar)

(GL = Grammatical Lingo  —  OB = Obtuse  —  NG = Not Grammatical)

• V, v  —  [PG]  The Letter “V” Is The Twenty-Second Letter Of The English Alphabet.  It Is Also The Seventeenth Consonant In The English Alphabet.

• Verb  —  [PG]  The Term “Verb” is one of the Base Grammatical Element in The Grammar Of The Common Tongue.  “Verbs” are words which represent:  Actions & States Of Being.  But these “actions” also include “thinking” & “feeling” — the “actions of the mind”, and the involuntary “actions of the body”.

And why are “States Of Being” represented by “Verbs”?  Because (Esoterically) — there is no such thing as a “Noun”.  There are only “Verbs”.  That which we perceive as “Nouns” (Solid Things) are really just illusions of solidity.  And — it is because every perceived “State Of Being” (a non-solid “thing” which still seems “real”) is really made up of millions of actions — most of which are not perceivable (or they are simply ignored) — OR those actions are just happening so slow that one does not SEE the action (even if it is known to be — thus, once again — ignored).

In Traditional Grammar [TG] — “Verbs” are referred to as one of the “Parts Of Speech” or “Word Classes”.

However — In The Grammar Of The Common Tongue [CTG] — The Terms “Parts Of Speech” & “Word Classes” are not used, due to their wholly imperfect nature.  Instead — we use the Terms “Grammatical Unit”.  And more-specifically “Base Grammatical Unit”.

• Verb-Phrase  —  [PG]  The Term “Verb-Phrase” (usually not hyphenated in Traditional Grammar) is used to refer to any Phrase which ACTS AS a “Verb”;  The entire Phrase indicates “The Action Of The Sentence”.

In The Grammar Of The Common Tongue — A “Verb-Phrase” is what we refer to as a “Grammatical Device”.  It is a “Device” because it has a function and serves a purpose (to act as a Verb).  But it is not a Grammatical Unit — as a singular Verb is — because the Phrase is made-up-of multiple other Grammatical Units.

For Example:  “He made a lot of commotion about getting his point across.”

In the Sentence above — the Main Verb is “made”.  But that Verb, by itself, does not clearly or accurately describe what “the action of the sentence” IS.  But the Verb-Phrase:  “made a lot of commotion” — DOES explain it.  It implies that “He” was very animated, probably emotional, and maybe even caused some sort of disturbance.

There is another Verb-Phrase in the Sentence above:  “getting his point across.” — It is a Verb-Phrase which means:  “To make one’s thoughts, ideas, or ‘position’ on some topic clear.”  But in the Sentence above — The second Verb-Phrase is actually acting as the Subject of the Sentence.  (However — it is still a Verb-Phrase.)

• Verb-Tense  —  [PG]  The Term “Verb-Tense” (usually not hyphenated in Traditional Grammar) is used to refer to the form that the Verb is in — related to the time that what is being spoken or written about is taking place:  Past, Present, or Future.

• Vocabulary  —  [GL]  The Term “Vocabulary” is not necessarily a “Grammatical Term”. — meaning that it does not refer to something “Grammatical”.  Instead, it is a “Lexical Term” which is used to refer to any sort of collection of “Words”.  Usually “Vocabulary Words” are grouped-together in some way in-which they are related:  “Animal Vocabulary”, “Work Vocabulary”, “Sports Vocabulary”, etc..

• Voice  —  [OB & GL]  The Adjective “Voice”, by itself, is NOT a “Grammatical Term”.  However is Traditional Grammar, it is used to refer to whether a Sentence is in the “Active” or “Passive Form”.  If it is in the “Active Form” — then they say that it is in the “Active Voice”;  In the “Passive Form” — the “Passive Voice”.

As the word “Voice” — (by it’s true definition) — has absolutely nothing to do with this in any way — (making this Term Obtuse & Stupid — and, there-fore — “Grammatical Dross”) — this Term is not used in The Grammar Of The Common Tongue.  Instead, we simply say:  “The Sentence is Active“  or “The Sentence is Passive.”  —  Or that the Sentence is “in the Active/Passive Form.”

• Voiced  —  [DG]  The Term “Voiced” is used to refer to any Consonant sound which is pronounced with the addition of one’s “voice”.  In-other-words — the sound is produced with the tone of one’s voice IN ADDITION TO the sound of the air passing through the mouth.

• Vowel  —  [DG]  The Term “Vowel” is used to describe certain Letters within The English Alphabet.  Those letters are:  Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo,  & Uu

Also — The Letter “Y” can sometime ACT AS a “Vowel”.  But it is not considered TO BE a Vowel.

• Vowel Sound  —  [NG]  The Term “Vowel Sound” is not necessarily a Grammatical Term.  It literally means:  The sound of a “Vowel”.