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Pructus Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
The author means occur
Such common expressions as it’s me and was it them? are incorrect, because the verb to be cannot take the
accusative: the correct expressions are it’s I and was it they? But general usage has led to their acceptance,
and ven to gentle ridicule of the correct version.
By ‘take the accusative’ the author means occur followed by accusative pronoun forms like me, them, us, etc., as opposed to the nominative forms, I, they, we, etc.
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Hi,
Above is an excerpt from a grammar book.
Isn't the underlined sentence ungrammatical? Because "means" is a verb, and also "occur" is a verb.
accusative: the correct expressions are it’s I and was it they? But general usage has led to their acceptance,
and ven to gentle ridicule of the correct version.
By ‘take the accusative’ the author means occur followed by accusative pronoun forms like me, them, us, etc., as opposed to the nominative forms, I, they, we, etc.
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Hi,
Above is an excerpt from a grammar book.
Isn't the underlined sentence ungrammatical? Because "means" is a verb, and also "occur" is a verb.
Top answer
It looks likes a misprint to me. John
- It looks likes a misprint to me.
- John
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After your hint, I arrived at the conclusion that it was meant as:
By ‘take the accusative’ the author means 'occur followed by accusative pronoun forms' like me, them, us, etc., as opposed to the nominative forms, I, they, we, etc.
The ' ' was missing.
Thanks for the tip, JohnParis!!
By ‘take the accusative’ the author means 'occur followed by accusative pronoun forms' like me, them, us, etc., as opposed to the nominative forms, I, they, we, etc.
The ' ' was missing.
Thanks for the tip, JohnParis!!
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pructusmeans 'occur followed by accusative pronoun forms'Right. 'to take X' in grammar usually means 'to be followed by X', i.e., 'to occur, followed by X'. Sometimes this is expressed by 'to govern X'.
The verb 'want' can [take / govern] an infinitive. (Example: He wants to leave now.)
CJ
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