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What he wanted to change was the main verb, “opiewać” in Polish.

The main verb, “disassembling,” registers more gently than, say “tearing down,” and is echoed by “heartwarming.”

Indeed, the spot in front of the main verb is often the most natural resting place for an adverb.

Similarly, the allegedly unsplittable verb will execute is not a verb at all but two verbs, the auxiliary verb will and the main verb execute.

McGlinchey created an inner literalist who still hunts for the main verb of a sentence and still, to the best of his ability, disentangles the subordinate clauses, although usually nowadays with the help of a crib from the Loeb Library or the old Penguin Classics.