Catenative verbs
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Could you please tell me if the verbs 'ate" and "played" in the following sentences are catenative verbs or not?
- She ate an apple everyday to stay fit.
- They played to win.
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No, they are not catenatives, since they don't take non-finite clauses as complement . The important thing about catenatives is that the non-finite clause is a complement, not an adjunct. "To keep fit" and "to win" are purpose adjuncts, not complements, so "ate" and "play" can't be catenative verbs.
- No, they are not catenatives, since they don't take non-finite clauses as complement .
- The important thing about catenatives is that the non-finite clause is a complement, not an adjunct.
- "To keep fit" and "to win" are purpose adjuncts, not complements, so "ate" and "play" can't be catenative verbs.
- Further, in a catenative construction, the catenative verb and its complement are back-to-back except for the possibility of an intervening noun.
- In your first example, there is the further adjunct, "every day" present, so it can't be a catenative construction in any event.
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No, they are not catenatives, since they don't take non-finite clauses as complement.
The important thing about catenatives is that the non-finite clause is a complement, not an adjunct. "To keep fit" and "to win" are purpose adjuncts, not complements, so "ate" and "play" can't be catenative verbs.
Further, in a catenative construction, the catenative verb and its complement
0LaboriousCould you please tell me if the verbs 'ate" and "played" in the following sentences are catenative verbs or not?
This article has a list of catenative verbs and the forms of their complements.
0I would strongly advise you to treat Wiki's list of catenative verbs with extreme caution.
Just a quick glance at it reveals quite a few omissions, not to mention factual errors.
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