Of/ for infinitive phrases
Is "ability" the subject of / for both infinitive phrases and can they be joined with "and" without any change in meaning?
In the above question which preposition is correct : of or for ? and please explain why.
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The correct form is the subject of . When speaking of a grammatical "subject" the phrase is always the subject of [the object] . The subject of the sentence is Fred .
- The correct form is the subject of .
- When speaking of a grammatical "subject" the phrase is always the subject of [the object] .
- The subject of the sentence is Fred .
- The subject of the clause is he .
- There is no explanation for this; it is simply a matter of usage.
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The correct form is the subject of. When speaking of a grammatical "subject" the phrase is always the subject of [the object].
The subject of the sentence is Fred.
The subject of the clause is he.
There is no explanation for this; it is simply a matter of usage.
0Is "ability" the subject of / for both infinitive phrases and can they be joined with "and" without any change in meaning?
Of is correct. It's called a 'grammaticised' preposition here because its syntactic role is not determined by its meaning.
An of PP is commonly used to express semantic relations between the NP that i
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