emptying villages or towns

[emsr2d2]

I don’t know if I misremember, maybe. I think “one verb" only applies to a simple sentence. Your sentences are compound sentences.

That’s how I was taught:

I love read books. (x)
It became SVVO.
There are two verbs. Not correct.
We need to change the verb “read”.

I should say:

I love to read books.

Or

I love reading books.

I don't understand why you still seem to think "I love to read books" doesn't have two verbs.

 

[Piscean]

1. I read a book.
2. I want to read a book.
3. I have read a book.
4. I read a book and wrote a summary of it.
5. I am reading a book.
6. I like reading books.

1. One finite verb
2. One finite verb and one non-finite verb, a to-infinitive
3. One finite verb and one non-finite verb, a past participle (third form)
4. Two finite verbs
5. One finite verb and one non-finite verb, a present participle (-ing form)
6. One finite verb and one non-finite verb, a gerund (-ing form)

 

[Maybo]

I'm confused. So, is to-infinitive ( to read ) equivalent to a verb?
Isn't it that to-infinitive functions as a noun, adjective or adverb?

For example:
To see is to believe
[To see (S) / is (V) / to believe (C)] Is it a SVC? Am I right?

If to-infinitive is equivalent to a verb, doesn't the above sentence become [To see (V) / is (V) / to believe (V)]?

 

[Piscean]

The infinitive is a non-finite part of a verb. Ii the way it is used, it sometimes has some of the properties of other parts of speechm but it is still a verb.

If to-infinitive is equivalent to a verb, doesn't the above sentence become [To see (V) / is (V) / to believe (V)]?

No. S means 'subject'. The infinitive form to see is the subject of the verb is. The infinitive form to believe is the complement.