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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

"find" + infinitive clause

0Hi there.02br
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00"I find cats annoying."02br
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00I think the "annoying" bit is a reduced infinitive clause (i.e. the full clause would be: "to be annoying"). Is this right?02br
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00My questions are: 02br
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001) are there any other verbs (other than "find") that can be followed by a reduced infinitive clause?02br
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002) are there any other verbs (other than "be") that can be omitted in this way?02br
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003) why can we drop the "to be"? is there some broader principle involved? 02br
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00Thanks.02br
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00Noel0-
  

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0 There probably are similar verbs and structures as the number of verbs and words in general is unlimited. 02br 00CB0-

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  • 0 There probably are similar verbs and structures as the number of verbs and words in general is unlimited.
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0 There probably are similar verbs and structures as the number of verbs and words in general is unlimited. 01i00To be annoying02i00 is not a clause.02br
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0Hi CB. 02br
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00Thanks for the reply.02br
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00Regarding 01i00to be annoying02i00, is it not a non-finite clause?02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Regarding 11i10to be annoying12i10, is it not a non-finite clause?12br
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10I don't have the vaguest idea. It could be -- if such a thing exists. 05002br
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