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Given the meanings of verbs, some events appear to involve more than one sub-event, e.g. an action can involve somebody doing something and as a result some object changes position, or gets into some state, or remains in some state, etc. Aspect can be grasped from two different angles: lexical aspect is evident in the meaning of verbs which denote an activity that has a natural beginning and end. Lexical aspect is internal to the meaning of the verb. Grammatical aspect, on the other hand, relates to the interpretation of a given event in a particular sentence depending on whether it is complete or in progress. Furthermore, the two may also be combined.