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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

To click shut

Close cover to click shut
The above is one of the steps you have to follow when you use accuhaler- an inhaler type.
If "close" is the main verb, please explain the grammatical form and function of both- click and shut.
https://www.nationalasthma.org.au/living-with-asthma/how-to-videos/using-your-accuhaler

  

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Close cover to click shut . "Click" is plain form verb . Its function is that of predicator in the underlined subordinate infinitival clause.

  • Close cover to click shut .
  • "Click" is plain form verb .
  • Its function is that of predicator in the underlined subordinate infinitival clause.
  • "Shut" is an adjective here functioning as complement of "click".
  • It's predicative in that it refers to a predicand, "cover".
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Close cover to click shut.

"Click" is plain form verb. Its function is that of predicator in the underlined subordinate infinitival clause.

"Shut" is an adjective here functioning as complement of "click". It's predicative in that it refers to a predicand, "cover". Note that it is an obligatory resultative complement.

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