amazes
v.v. to surprise someone very much. You use this when something is so impressive or strange that it is hard to believe.
v. to fill someone with great surprise or sudden wonder. Third-person singular present form of 'amaze'; functions as a transitive verb requiring a direct object.
It amazes me how quickly she learned to speak French.
The sheer scale of the ancient ruins amazes every tourist who visits the site for the first time.
The speed with which the local ecosystem recovered after the spill amazes even the most cynical environmental scientists, who had predicted decades of total sterility.
The verb is transitive and typically takes a person or their mind as the direct object.
It is amazes meIt amazes meLearners often confuse the third-person singular verb 'amazes' with the adjective 'amazing' or 'amazed' by adding an unnecessary auxiliary verb.