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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

what are they grammatically?

Please tell me what they are grammatically?

1. They watched him pass.
2. I find them loosening and falling apart.
  

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I'm on the European side of the Atlantic and my grammatical terminology is mostly based on terms used in Latin grammar. I'm not sure it's compatible with what you are familiar with. Anyway, to me pass is a plain present infinitive, in other words an infinitive without to .

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  • I'm on the European side of the Atlantic and my grammatical terminology is mostly based on terms used in Latin grammar.
  • I'm not sure it's compatible with what you are familiar with.
  • Anyway, to me pass is a plain present infinitive, in other words an infinitive without to .
  • Loosening and falling are present participles, and is a conjunction and apart is an adverb.
  • CB
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I'm on the European side of the Atlantic and my grammatical terminology is mostly based on terms used in Latin grammar. I'm not sure it's compatible with what you are familiar with. Anyway, to me pass is a plain present infinitive, in other words an infinitive without to. Loosening and falling are present participles, and is a conjunction and apart is an
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Hi, Isn't there a name of a grammatical part for each of these: a present infinitive for the first sentence and present participles in the second? Like a complement or an adjective?
Thank you for your anticipated help.
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AnonymousHi, Isn't there a name of a grammatical part for each of these: a present infinitive for the first sentence and present participles in the second? Like a complement or an adjective?
I have no idea.
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