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Book train 334 Posted 8 years ago
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The difference between: Armies march and Armies marching
Could someone please explain why in "Armies march", march is a complete predicate, for it does the asserting and expresses what is asserted, but, in "armies marching", while it expresses the same act as that denoted by march, but it asserts nothing.
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book train 334 Could someone please explain why in "Armies march", march is a complete predicate, for it does the asserting and expresses what is asserted, but, in "armies marching", while it expresses the same act as that denoted by march, but it asserts nothing. "Armies march" contains a finite verb, a verb in a tense (present in this case). "Armies marching" contains only a non-finite verb, not a verb in a tense.
- book train 334 Could someone please explain why in "Armies march", march is a complete predicate, for it does the asserting and expresses what is asserted, but, in "armies marching", while it expresses the same act as that denoted by march, but it asserts nothing.
- "Armies march" contains a finite verb, a verb in a tense (present in this case).
- "Armies marching" contains only a non-finite verb, not a verb in a tense.
- To make an assertion you need a finite verb.
- A non-finite form ( marching ) preceded by a finite auxiliary ( are ) counts as a finite verb phrase.
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book train 334 Could someone please explain why in "Armies march", march is a complete predicate, for it does the asserting and expresses what is asserted, but, in "armies marching", while it expresses the same act as that denoted by march, but it asserts nothing.
"Armies march" contains a finite verb, a verb in a tense (present in this case).
"Armies m
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