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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
Grammar
Catenative verbs
Hello. I'm confused with catenative verbs when they followed by "to infinitive" or "gerund". I want to know "to infinitive" or "gerund" in this case will be "direct object" or "catenative complement" or "catenative complement as direct object". For example: I like swimming. "Swimming" is direct object or catenative complement? Can we say catenative complement as "direct object"? Or we do not have direct object in such cases.
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Different systems of grammar use different terminology. Pick one system and learn its terms. In traditional grammar, the term "direct object" was more loosely used.
- Different systems of grammar use different terminology.
- Pick one system and learn its terms.
- In traditional grammar, the term "direct object" was more loosely used.
- In modern linguistics, only a noun can be termed a direct object.
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Different systems of grammar use different terminology. Pick one system and learn its terms.
In traditional grammar, the term "direct object" was more loosely used.
In modern linguistics, only a noun can be termed a direct object. Clauses and other constructions are called "complements."
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