Timeline for Is there a context where 'to neglect' and 'neglecting' are not compatible?
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| Jun 21, 2013 at 22:22 | comment | added | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | @EdwinAshworth: "Grossly", really? Why? The question didn't seem to ask for linguistic theories. Nor did it ask about the differences between kinds of to + inf. or kinds of gerunds. Wasn't the way I explained it appropriate for the way the question was phrased? Is anything I said factually incorrect or inconsistent? If so, you are welcome to edit my answer. | |
| Jun 21, 2013 at 21:49 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Your statements 'There are also many verbs that only take one or the other. Lastly, there are cases where the two have different meanings:' grossly over-simplify the different catenative (see at wordwizard.com/phpbb3/… , for example) and non-catenative (as at the link above) verb + en-form and verb + ing-form structures. | |
| Jun 21, 2013 at 19:45 | comment | added | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | @EdwinAshworth: So what are you arguing here? What do you want me to do or say? | |
| Jun 21, 2013 at 19:29 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I came in order to see your father is not an example of catenation. I tried to see your father is. "It is most important to distinguish between a real catenative verb, such as decide I decided to work. and a normal verb followed by an infinitive of purpose (French: pour)" ( en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_catenative_verbs ) | |
| Jun 20, 2013 at 23:30 | comment | added | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | @EdwinAshworth: Yes, you could say that (although they have the same origin, and they cannot always be distinguished). | |
| Jun 20, 2013 at 19:15 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | In stop to look, to is not the infinitive-marker - it is the to that is the equivalent of the French 'pour', 'in order to'. Compare I have come to see your father and contrast I have come to see the complexities involved in these structures. | |
| Jun 20, 2013 at 1:41 | history | answered | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |