Is For a Verb?

 

Hello everyone, today I will discuss whether the word "for"is a verb or not.



A verb is that type of word that express action.Besides,a verb must have a subject and predicate in a sentence.



●He is going to the market for buying some mangoes.



Here "for" is not a verb because it is not expressing any action but here "for" is a preposition because it is making relationship between the verb "is going"and noun "mangoes".



Now look at the following example:


●He gives me a book for my student.




Explanation:


In the above example,the word "for" is not a verb.You can say that here "for" is a preposition because it is making relationship two nouns-book and student.


Actually,we cannot use for as a verb but we can use for as a preposition and conjunction.So,the word "for" is not a verb.









Now look at the following example.




●●He was certainly there, for she saw him.




The analysis of this compound sentence with for has been given below:



●Independent clause one=He was certainly there


●Independent clause two=she saw him.


●Coordinating conjunction=for


●Punctuation=comma before coordinating conjunction for


●For means because

The above things satisfy the characteristics of a compound sentence.
Explanation:

Here the word "for" is a conjunction.So the word "for" is not a verb.

Conclusion:

The word "for "is not a verb .