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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
'nouns to have p.p'
Citing a Chinese official, a source in China told Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency on Sunday Beijing decided to send vice-ministerial level officials to the event, instead of a higher ranking party leader, following Pyongyang's claim to have developed a hydrogen bomb.
I am not familiar with 'nouns to have p.p', so could you tell me the reason 'claim to have developed' pattern was written?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
I am not familiar with 'nouns to have p.p', so could you tell me the reason 'claim to have developed' pattern was written?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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p. p. : subject desires to -> subject's desire to The pattern works only with a small number of nouns.
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- : subject desires to -> subject's desire to The pattern works only with a small number of nouns.
- On another point, the sentence desperately needs a "that" after "Sunday".
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I guess the pattern arises from the transformation:
subject claims to have p.p. -> subject's claim to have p.p.
c.f.:
subject desires to -> subject's desire to
The pattern works only with a small number of nouns.
On another point, the sentence desperately needs a "that" after "Sunday".
subject claims to have p.p. -> subject's claim to have p.p.
c.f.:
subject desires to -> subject's desire to
The pattern works only with a small number of nouns.
On another point, the sentence desperately needs a "that" after "Sunday".
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Hans51following Pyongyang's claim to have developed a hydrogen bomb.This is an alternative to the more familiar that-content-clause after a noun that refers to a verbal entity (fact, claim, request, etc.).
With a that-clause: Pyongyang's claim [that it had developed a hydrogen bomb]
Alternate form with an infinitive:
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GPYUm, I gave one.Oh, good. That's right. I was thinking "Tom's desire to have (done something)", but I couldn't come up with anything like "Tom's desire that he had ..." to go with it. We'll need to drop any insistence on the perfect infinitive, I think.
Tom's desire that he marry Lucy
Tom's desire to marry Lucy
CJ
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