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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Get out of jail

It's a get out of jail card.

Is "get out of jail" a non-finite clause modifying "card" in the noun phrase "a get out of jail card"?
  

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Anonymous Is "get out of jail" a non-finite clause modifying "card" in the noun phrase "a get out of jail card"? It's just the name of the card.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Is "get out of jail" a non-finite clause modifying "card" in the noun phrase "a get out of jail card"?
  • It's just the name of the card.
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AnonymousIs "get out of jail" a non-finite clause modifying "card" in the noun phrase "a get out of jail card"?
It's just the name of the card.
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AnonymousIs "get out of jail" a non-finite clause modifying "card" in the noun phrase "a get out of jail card"?
Why non-finite? If you get this card, you get out of jail. It looks finite to me. It seems to me that the non-finite form would be "a getting out of jail card". I assure you that in any case nothing important about learning English
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Thank you, CJ and MM, for the replies.
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