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Agnes10 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Grammatical features
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Would you mind helping me, please with this:
The grammatical features, with special reference to their occurrence in the text:
-Clausal complementation, using finite verbs or infinitives.
-Report speech.
In May 2006, in a meeting room in a Bangkok office, a convicted Asian fixer boasted of how he had rigged football matches around the world, including at the Olympic Games. He claimed to have arranged Japan's 1-2 win over Ghana at the Athens Olympics.
'He claimed to have arranged Japan's 1-2 win over Ghana at the Athens Olympics.'
The infinitive is kind of noun with certain feature of the verb especially when the verb is transitive and adverbial qualifiers or it is VERB-NOUN and called the SIMPLE INFINITIVE. When the infinitive does the work of an adverb it is known as QUALIFYING INFINITIVE.
Thank you in advance.
Would you mind helping me, please with this:
The grammatical features, with special reference to their occurrence in the text:
-Clausal complementation, using finite verbs or infinitives.
-Report speech.
In May 2006, in a meeting room in a Bangkok office, a convicted Asian fixer boasted of how he had rigged football matches around the world, including at the Olympic Games. He claimed to have arranged Japan's 1-2 win over Ghana at the Athens Olympics.
'He claimed to have arranged Japan's 1-2 win over Ghana at the Athens Olympics.'
The infinitive is kind of noun with certain feature of the verb especially when the verb is transitive and adverbial qualifiers or it is VERB-NOUN and called the SIMPLE INFINITIVE. When the infinitive does the work of an adverb it is known as QUALIFYING INFINITIVE.
Thank you in advance.
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agnes10 The infinitive is kind of noun with certain feature of the verb especially when the verb is transitive and adverbial qualifiers or it is VERB-NOUN and called the SIMPLE INFINITIVE. What is your question? I really don't understand the sentence you have written here.
- agnes10 The infinitive is kind of noun with certain feature of the verb especially when the verb is transitive and adverbial qualifiers or it is VERB-NOUN and called the SIMPLE INFINITIVE.
- What is your question?
- I really don't understand the sentence you have written here.
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agnes10The infinitive is kind of noun with certain feature of the verb especially when the verb is transitive and adverbial qualifiers or it is VERB-NOUN and called the SIMPLE INFINITIVE.What is your question? I really don't understand the sentence you have written here.
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Discus the following t he grammatical features, with special reference:
-Clausal complementation, using finite verbs or infinitives.
-Report speech.
In this text:
In May 2006, in a meeting room in a Bangkok office, a convicted Asian fixer boasted of how he had rigged football matches around the world, including at the Olympic Games. He claimed to have arranged Japan's 1-2 win
-Clausal complementation, using finite verbs or infinitives.
-Report speech.
In this text:
In May 2006, in a meeting room in a Bangkok office, a convicted Asian fixer boasted of how he had rigged football matches around the world, including at the Olympic Games. He claimed to have arranged Japan's 1-2 win
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For example-'He claimed to have arranged Japan's 1-2 win over Ghana at the Athens Olympics.'
As it can be said that ' infinitive' is kind of noun with certain feature of the verb especially when the verb is transitive and adverbial qualifiers or it is VERB-NOUN and called the SIMPLE INFINITIVE. When the infinitive does the work of an adverb it is known as QUALIFYING INFINITIVE.
As it can be said that ' infinitive' is kind of noun with certain feature of the verb especially when the verb is transitive and adverbial qualifiers or it is VERB-NOUN and called the SIMPLE INFINITIVE. When the infinitive does the work of an adverb it is known as QUALIFYING INFINITIVE.
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agnes10As it can be said that ' infinitive' is kind of noun with certain feature of the verb especially when the verb is transitive and adverbial qualifiers or it is VERB-NOUN and called the SIMPLE INFINITIVE.Your first sentence is not grammatical. It is not a sentence, it is a fragment. I cannot make any sense of it. Did you copy it from a textbook, and lea
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Discuss the following grammatical features, with special reference to their occurrence in the text below:
- Clausal complementation, using finite verbs or infinitives.
- Reported speech.
Race begins to halt Olympic bribes
In May 2006, ina meeting room in a Bangkok office, a convicted Asian fixer boasted of how he had rigged football matches around the world, including00
These sentences are excellent.. What I did not understand was this from your earlier post:
The infinitive is kind of noun with certain feature of the verb especially when the verb is transitive and adverbial qualifiers or it is VERB-NOUN and called the SIMPLE INFINITIVE.
The infinitive is kind of noun with certain feature of the verb especially when the verb is transitive and adverbial qualifiers or it is VERB-NOUN and called the SIMPLE INFINITIVE.
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1. Infinitive complements when verbs followed directly by an infinitive:
'He claimed to have arranged Japan’s 1-0 win over Ghana at the Athens Olympics.'
The main clause has no direct object, and the complement clause has the same logical subject as the main clause.
Will it ok?
'He claimed to have arranged Japan’s 1-0 win over Ghana at the Athens Olympics.'
The main clause has no direct object, and the complement clause has the same logical subject as the main clause.
Will it ok?
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It would be much better if you marked or quoted the words you are talking about.
eg. Mark the words that you are calling the "complement clause."
eg. Mark the words that you are calling the "complement clause."
agnes101. Infinitive complements when verbs followed directly by an infinitive:The sentence quoted above is not good. The vocabulary you will use depends on your textbook (modern linguistic theory or traditional
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I am using: Celce-Murcia, M. and Larsen-Freeman, D. (1999) The Grammar book.(2nd ed.). Boston: Heinle&Heinle.
Verb followed directly by an infinitive
He claimed to have arranged Japan’s 1-0 win over Ghana at the Athens Olympics. (that it was before).
"You have to be kidding'.
Verb followed directly by an infinitive
He claimed to have arranged Japan’s 1-0 win over Ghana at the Athens Olympics. (that it was before).
"You have to be kidding'.
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I am not sure if you marked this correctly:
He (subject) claimed (main verb) to have arranged (infinitive) Japan’s 1-0 win over Ghana at the Athens Olympics.
The infinitive clause is the head word (infinitive) and its complements, adverbs, objects, etc., that is:
to have arranged Japan’s 1-0 win over Ghana at the
He (subject) claimed (main verb) to have arranged (infinitive) Japan’s 1-0 win over Ghana at the Athens Olympics.
The infinitive clause is the head word (infinitive) and its complements, adverbs, objects, etc., that is:
to have arranged Japan’s 1-0 win over Ghana at the
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