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Roky0071 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Relative infinitive clauses vs relative participle clauses
I am confused about when to use the relative clause with "to" and when to use the relative clause with "ing phrase". The relative clause with "to" is as follows:
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a. The next contestant who answers correctly will get a bonus point.
b. The next contestant to answer correctly will get bonus points.
and there is a post of "entangle dbank" about the relative clause with "to" in post #6 you can see
link:http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/simple-to-infinitive-for-present-simple.3274603/
link:http://random-idea-english.blogspot.in/2014/11/relative-infinitive-clauses-uses-and.html
The relative clause with "ing phrase" is as follows:
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a. A person who travels in foreign countries will need to take required documents
b. A person traveling in foreign countries will need to take required documents.
link:http://www.englishkita.com/2015/03/participle-and-participial-phrase.html
Now my questions are as follows
1. Do "relative clause with "to" and relative clause with "ing phrase" make any difference in meaning?
2. Can they be used interchangeably?
3. Does the meaning of the main clause depend on the relative clause with "to" infinitive and the relative clause with "ing phrase??
1.
a. The next contestant who answers correctly will get a bonus point.
b. The next contestant to answer correctly will get bonus points.
and there is a post of "entangle dbank" about the relative clause with "to" in post #6 you can see
link:http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/simple-to-infinitive-for-present-simple.3274603/
link:http://random-idea-english.blogspot.in/2014/11/relative-infinitive-clauses-uses-and.html
The relative clause with "ing phrase" is as follows:
2.
a. A person who travels in foreign countries will need to take required documents
b. A person traveling in foreign countries will need to take required documents.
link:http://www.englishkita.com/2015/03/participle-and-participial-phrase.html
Now my questions are as follows
1. Do "relative clause with "to" and relative clause with "ing phrase" make any difference in meaning?
2. Can they be used interchangeably?
3. Does the meaning of the main clause depend on the relative clause with "to" infinitive and the relative clause with "ing phrase??
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I first studied these things at age 16 in school and learned to call them clause equivalents. This was because a clause needs a finite verb in the grammatical terminology I am used to. Using an infinitive in a relative clause equivalent isn't as common as participles are.
- I first studied these things at age 16 in school and learned to call them clause equivalents.
- This was because a clause needs a finite verb in the grammatical terminology I am used to.
- Using an infinitive in a relative clause equivalent isn't as common as participles are.
- This is because the infinitive is normally used in a limited number of cases only.
- It mainly occurs when there is the next, the last, the only or an ordinal number in the main clause.
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I first studied these things at age 16 in school and learned to call them clause equivalents. This was because a clause needs a finite verb in the grammatical terminology I am used to.
Using an infinitive in a relative clause equivalent isn't as common as participles are. This is because the infinitive is normally used in a limited number of cases only. It mainly occurs when there is
Using an infinitive in a relative clause equivalent isn't as common as participles are. This is because the infinitive is normally used in a limited number of cases only. It mainly occurs when there is
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