Use of "loves" in a sentence
"David loves eating apples." is a simple sentence. But how do I explain the presence of two verbs "loves" and "eating" technically, since a simple sentence is only one subject "David" and one predicate "loves apples"?
Is the eating a part of the verb phrase?
Top answer
David loves [eating apples] . It's not a simple sentence! The bracketed sequence is a subordinate non-finite clause , so it is a complex sentence.
- David loves [eating apples] .
- It's not a simple sentence!
- The bracketed sequence is a subordinate non-finite clause , so it is a complex sentence.
- The matrix clause has "David" as subject and "loves eating apples" as predicate.
- The subordinate clause is subjectless, but the subject is understood as "David", and the predicate is "eating apples".
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David loves [eating apples].
It's not a simple sentence!
The bracketed sequence is a subordinate non-finite clause, so it is a complex sentence.
The matrix clause has "David" as subject and "loves eating apples" as predicate. The subordinate clause is subjectless, but the subject is understood as "David", and the predicate is "eating apples".
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