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Damlasozer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF THESE VERBS???help

dear teachers,I have three sentences.I dont understand the functions of verbs in these sentences,an explanation please................................................................................... 1-''As a nonsmoker,I object to having to breathe in their smoke in restaurants.2-''Here are some things you can do to help make our country a safer place.3-Make it difficult for our elected officials to forget to vote for gun control.Emotion: thinking
  

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Hi Damlasozer, Welcome to the Forum. I dont understand the functions of verbs in these sentences,an explanation please................................................................................... 1-''As a nonsmoker,I object to having to breathe in their smoke in restaurants.

— Clive

  • Hi Damlasozer, Welcome to the Forum.
  • I dont understand the functions of verbs in these sentences,an explanation please...................................................................................
  • 1-''As a nonsmoker,I object to having to breathe in their smoke in restaurants.
  • 'having to breathe ' is a gerund phrase.
  • Do you know about gerunds, which are basically a verb used as a noun?
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Hi Damlasozer,

Welcome to the Forum.

dear teachers,I have three sentences.I dont understand the functions of verbs in these sentences,an explanation please...................................................................................

1-''As a nonsmoker,I object to having to breathe in their smoke in restaura
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dear Clive,thanks for your message.Its excellent to see a helping hand in this forum.I want to ask about first sentence again; is object to the main verb?also why we useto after having? In the second and third sentences why we use'two infinitives together'. Are they correct sentences.What kind of sentences they are?compound,commplex ,basic?Could you please explain clearly,I am stu
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Hi again,

1-''As a nonsmoker,I object to having to breathe in their smoke in restaurants.

2-''Here are some things you can do to help make our country a safer place.

3-Make it difficult for our elected officials to forget to vote for gu
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thats very clear.thank you very much dear Clive[A]
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