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Nina_Nia Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

It's disrespectful him not wearing black...

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What is the name of the construction used in this sentence?
It's kind of disrespectful, him not wearing black to his own brother's funeral.

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A reduced clause (non-finite verb) But the more natural phrasing would be the infinitive: It's kind of disrespectful of him not to wear black to his own brother's funeral.

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  • A reduced clause (non-finite verb) But the more natural phrasing would be the infinitive: It's kind of disrespectful of him not to wear black to his own brother's funeral.
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A reduced clause (non-finite verb)

But the more natural phrasing would be the infinitive:

It's kind of disrespectful of him not to wear black to his own brother's funeral.
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