1235: (Possibly) Confusing Clauses Apr 27, 2018

English clauses can have multiple verbs for a variety of reasons, but there will not be two finite (that is to say conjugated verbs) together. The possible confusion at first glance is that "what she does is (to) run" is acceptable in English, and clearly has two finite verbs ('does' and 'is') side by side. Moreover the tense marker 'to' is optionally omitted, so it can appear that there are even more. However, there are two different clauses here, one of which is a relative clause "what she does" and the other is a verbal phrase "...is to run", which may be more easily reconstructed all together as "to run is what she does" or even "running...". This topic was a fan-question; if you have your own queeries, do feel free to send a message or write a comment.
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