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Persian Learner Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Try+direct object
Hi.
He might have been trying to run away from his past.
Is the underlined part direct object of trying?
He might have been trying to run away from his past.
Is the underlined part direct object of trying?
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No, a catenative complement I think.
- No, a catenative complement I think.
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Persian LearnerIs the underlined part direct object of trying?In some systems of grammatical analysis, maybe the one you are using, yes, it would be called a direct object. Nevertheless, more and more grammarians are calling such a verb structure a 'complement' (of the verb 'trying' in this case), reserving the term 'direct object' for a noun phrase (NP). T
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