Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Here, the sentence is incomplete and the verb is defective once more. Yet, this time there is a benefit gained, because the street has now proved that it is capable of outdoing the factions that ...

The word ‘premises’ serves both as a noun and a verb, their meanings clearly distinct. As a noun, and only in the plural form (at times referred to as defective nouns), ‘premises’ refers ...

For all its hard work and can-do attitude, ‘can’ is what grammarians call a defective verb. It’s missing some pieces. It can’t be taken through a full conjugation, like sing, dance ...