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Vsuresh Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

finite verb

Hi
Please help me with this.
Subject: Finite verb

The telescope is best viewed at night.

Here the viewed cannot be called a non finite as it is seen with is, and  together they form passive form.

Am I correct?
  

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No, viewed is a non-finite verb-form which heads the past participial clause best viewed at night . The sequence is viewed is no more a verb than began cooking in She began cooking dinner . Both is and began are catenative verbs taking non-finite clause complements.

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  • No, viewed is a non-finite verb-form which heads the past participial clause best viewed at night .
  • The sequence is viewed is no more a verb than began cooking in She began cooking dinner .
  • Both is and began are catenative verbs taking non-finite clause complements.
  • The clause The telescope is best viewed at night is a passive form.
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No, viewed is a non-finite verb-form which heads the past participial clause best viewed at night. The sequence is viewed is no more a verb than began cooking in She began cooking dinner. Both is and began are catenative verbs taking non-finite clause complements.

The clause The telescope is best viewed at night is a passive f
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Thank you, Aspara Gus.

Please help me with this one.

She has gone out.

Here I think has and gone are seen together as a tense form and thus we cannot call call gone a non finite form.

Am I correct here?
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The telescope is best viewed at night.

This sounds like you look at the telescope ( and perhaps say eg That's a nice telescope.
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vsureshHere I think has and gone are seen together as a tense form and thus we cannot call call gone a non finite form.
Has gone is present perfect tense, but that doesn’t mean it’s a verb-form, or even a syntactic constituent. The perfect is marked analytically, i.e., by a separate word rather than by inflection. Have is another catenative verb
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CliveThis sounds like you look at the telescope ( and perhaps say eg That's a nice telescope. Emotion: smile )
Normal English is eg The stars are best viewed at night (through a telescope).
Very true. When you’re so focused on syntax you tend to overlook things like that!
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Thank you,Aspara Gus.

And, Clive, thank you for thoughts. I got it.
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