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Ritthy Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Please help me with infinitive clause
Dear everybody!
I am a Cambodian student in year two; I would like you to explain me about these:
1/ Please differentiate about:
- Infinitive clause and infinitive phrase
- Participle clause and infinitive phrase
-Gerund clause and gerund phrase
2/ Would you tell what does infinitive fonction( noun or adjective ) when it is playing role as objective complement?
Example: you make me cry. so cry here functions as what?
Thank you very much
good luck!
I am a Cambodian student in year two; I would like you to explain me about these:
1/ Please differentiate about:
- Infinitive clause and infinitive phrase
- Participle clause and infinitive phrase
-Gerund clause and gerund phrase
2/ Would you tell what does infinitive fonction( noun or adjective ) when it is playing role as objective complement?
Example: you make me cry. so cry here functions as what?
Thank you very much
good luck!
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Hello, This is a very general topic either give us some sentences as an example or search them on the search box right above.
- Hello, This is a very general topic either give us some sentences as an example or search them on the search box right above.
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Hello,
This is a very general topic either give us some sentences as an example or search them on the search box right above.
This is a very general topic either give us some sentences as an example or search them on the search box right above.
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Grammar is a descriptive process. Linguists look at a language and describe how it works.
However some Linguists describe things differently to others. The end result is usually the same, but the way they organise it, and what all the parts are call varies.
eg some Linguists say pronouns are a type of noun, some treat nouns and pronouns as different parts of speech. But both systems wo
However some Linguists describe things differently to others. The end result is usually the same, but the way they organise it, and what all the parts are call varies.
eg some Linguists say pronouns are a type of noun, some treat nouns and pronouns as different parts of speech. But both systems wo
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Ritthy2/ Would you tell what does infinitive fonction( noun or adjective ) when it is playing role as objective complement?Not everyone still uses that type of analysis. I would say that cry is a verb form -- the bare infinitive.
Example: you make me cry. so cry here functions as what?
You make [me cry]. = You cause [
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An infinitive phrase is not the same as an infinitive clause because an infinitive clause has to have a subject, an infinitive, and any modifiers. An infinitive phrase does not necessarily have to have a subject and cannot stand alone like a clause can. For example, your sentence is "I wanted to leave". This contains the infinitive phrase 'to leave'. It does not have any modifiers, but it is stil
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