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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
A noun + non-finiteㅡthe tense of non-finite
1. More important, the Boy scouts have shown no sign of rethinking their decision to born the presence of gays in the Scouts.
I'd like to know if when non-finite modifies a noun having a verbal form, I can never use the past perfect tense of non-finite because the tense of the non-finite never precedes that of the noun modified by it.
The following are such phrases, I think, that each non-finite never precedes that of the noun modified by it:
agreement to do, decision to do, determination to do, permission to do, proposal to do, refusal to do, resolution to do, wish to do, desire to do, tendency to do; thought of~ing, hope of~ing, fear of~ing, prospect of~ing.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I'd like to know if when non-finite modifies a noun having a verbal form, I can never use the past perfect tense of non-finite because the tense of the non-finite never precedes that of the noun modified by it.
The following are such phrases, I think, that each non-finite never precedes that of the noun modified by it:
agreement to do, decision to do, determination to do, permission to do, proposal to do, refusal to do, resolution to do, wish to do, desire to do, tendency to do; thought of~ing, hope of~ing, fear of~ing, prospect of~ing.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon the Boy scouts have shown no sign of rethinking their decision to born the presence of gays in the Scouts. That makes no sense to me.
- park sang joon the Boy scouts have shown no sign of rethinking their decision to born the presence of gays in the Scouts.
- That makes no sense to me.
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park sang joon the Boy scouts have shown no sign of rethinking their decision to born the presence of gays in the Scouts.That makes no sense to me.
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The use of "born" is incorrect. The verb should be "accept" or something similar.
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park sang joonI'd like to know if when non-finite modifies a noun having a verbal form, I can never use the past perfect tense of non-finite because the tense of the non-finite never precedes that of the noun modified by it.Wow! That's hard to follow!
"the past perfect tense of non-finite"? "the tense of the non-finite"? Non-finite constructions h
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I can't follow the grammar questions in this thread at all, but I do know that the Boy Scouts of America used to ban or bar the participation of gay men and boys. However they have, in fact, changed this position.
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khoffbanYes, actually 'ban' seems more probable than 'bar', now you mention it.
CJ
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I'm so sorry for my terrible mistake.
1. More important, the Boy scouts have shown no sign of rethinking their decision to ban the presence of gays in the Scouts.
Seeing the example above, we can figure out in terms of sequence, "decision" comes the first, "to bar" does the second, and "rethinking" does the last.
As shown in the
1. More important, the Boy scouts have shown no sign of rethinking their decision to ban the presence of gays in the Scouts.
Seeing the example above, we can figure out in terms of sequence, "decision" comes the first, "to bar" does the second, and "rethinking" does the last.
As shown in the
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park sang joonSeeing the example above, we can figure out in terms of sequence, "decision" comes the first, "to bar" does the second, and "rethinking" does the last.Do you mean a time sequence for the verb forms?
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park sang joonI'd like to hear form you what you think about this.While the time sequence you found may be the most usual, the forms with "have" are not completely missing from the English language. They don't always sound very elegant, but you might see them.
the novelist's determination/resolution/wish/desire to have completed his book by Monda
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