To-infinitive non-clauses
Thank you, CJ!
Now, consider these arguments:
Could this sentence: I want you to do it be interpreted in two different ways? - "You" is the direct object of the verb "Want", and "To do it" is an object complement. - "You to do it" is a to-infinitive non-finite clause acting as the direct object of the verb "Want".
What do you think? Are these two ways to interpret it?
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Prodigy Could this sentence: I want you to do it be interpreted in two different ways? In most systems of analysis an object complement is to an object as a subject complement is to a subject, thus: Vernon is smart. ) We consider Vernon smart.
- Prodigy Could this sentence: I want you to do it be interpreted in two different ways?
- In most systems of analysis an object complement is to an object as a subject complement is to a subject, thus: Vernon is smart.
- ) We consider Vernon smart.
- ) So your 'object complement' analysis seems to imply that you think you (is) to do it (you = to do it) It doesn't seem likely that any analytical system would come to that conclusion.
- CJ
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ProdigyCould this sentence: I want you to do it be interpreted in two different ways?
In most systems of analysis an object complement is to an object as a subject complement is to a subject, thus:
Vernon is smart. ('smart' is a subject complement.)
We consider Vernon smart. ('Vernon is smart.') ('smart' is an object complement.)
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