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how is the word TURNEDused in this sentence?
When it came to autumn,my thoughts often TURNED to the years I had spent quarterbacking my high school football team.
Verb
Direct object
Object of a prepostion
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it’s a verb in simple past indicative.
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When autumn came, my thoughts often RETURNED to the years I spent quarterbacking my high school football team.
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Thoughts turned to quarterbacking. I would say a verb.
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sorry, but this verb is intransitive–it has no direct object, just a prepositional phrase that acts as an adverb. the object of the preposition, years, is followed by a clause (or sentence within a sentence, that modifies the word “years”–it tells you which years.
turned is an active past tense verb
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It’s the principal verb of the sentence.
The synonym for turn in this example would mean CHANGE or one of the following:
To change the direction or course of: avert, deflect, deviate, divert, pivot, shift, swing, veer.
Any one of these words would fit nicely into your sentence example.
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Reflected
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Its an action word, therefore its a verb.
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It’s a verb, as your thoughts are turning, or, if you wish, recalling, something
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Its a verb because it shows action, hence action verb.
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