Identifying catenative verbs
A guy on a youtube video said that catenative verbs cant be put in passive form like others verbs . Is this true? he said that this is one of the ways to identify them, can someone tell me others way to do so?
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hi123 A guy on a youtube video What video? Here is a list of catenative verbs. If the verb is on this list, it is a catenative verb.
- hi123 A guy on a youtube video What video?
- Here is a list of catenative verbs.
- If the verb is on this list, it is a catenative verb.
- The list may not be exhaustive, but it has all the common ones you will encounter.
- gr/wiki/Appendix:English_catenative_verbs You will see the section: Catenative Verbs Used in Passive Voice Followed by an Infinitive That should answer your question.
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hi123A guy on a youtube video
What video?
Here is a list of catenative verbs. If the verb is on this list, it is a catenative verb. The list may not be exhaustive, but it has all the common ones you will encounter.
0hi123A guy on a youtube video
Please provide a link to the video. Without that we have no idea what "like other verbs" means. Catenative constructions contain two verbs, and in some cases you can passivize either verb, so I don't see why that "guy" is saying you can't passivize catenative constructions.
I expect the doctor to examine John.
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