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Linguistics studies help

Hi!
First, sorry for my bad English but it’s my 3rd language... The linguistics teacher gave us that, can you help me?

1) For him to fail would be terrible.
What is the nature and the fonction of “for him to fail”?
Is it a complementizer phrase (CP), inflexion phrase Emotion: paradise, determiner phrase (DP)...?
Is for him to fail the subject of the sentences?
Explain and develop your answers.

2) That he should fail is inconceivable
What is the nature and the fonction of “that he should fail”?
Is it a complementizer phrase (CP), inflexion phrase Emotion: paradise, determiner phrase (DP)...?
Is for him to fail the subject of the sentences?
Explain and develop your answers.

Thank you so much!

Bella
  

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I don't care to 'explain and develop' my answers, as I am probably already doing some of your homework for you. 1) In other terminology, 'for him to fail' is a nonfinite clause, indeed acting as subject of the sentence. 2) In this case, it is a finite clause-- also the subject.

— Mister Micawber

  • I don't care to 'explain and develop' my answers, as I am probably already doing some of your homework for you.
  • 1) In other terminology, 'for him to fail' is a nonfinite clause, indeed acting as subject of the sentence.
  • 2) In this case, it is a finite clause-- also the subject.
  • I hope this helps.
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I don't care to 'explain and develop' my answers, as I am probably already doing some of your homework for you.

1) In other terminology, 'for him to fail' is a nonfinite clause, indeed acting as subject of the sentence.

2) In this case, it is a finite clause-- also the subject.


I hope this helps.
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0 Bella, 02br
00They are both CP's. They are both subjects. 02br
00All canonical (normal) clauses are CP's. 02br
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