Questions tagged [nonfinite-clause-complementation]
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When do present participles shift from being “gerunds” or “verbal nouns” to become non-finite clauses?
Note: This is not a question about what is the difference between a gerund, verb and participle, interesting as that polemic may be. It is about non-finite clauses, which does bear upon these ...
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Can we have non-finite clauses with overt subject without “for”?
I read the following in a comment to an answer to another post of mine:
"What’s the difference between expect for things to improve and expect things to improve? Is that for part of expect for, or is ...
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Non-finite clause vs phrase
We know that a clause is a sentence which is a part of a sentence. So, a clause is itself a sentence having a subject and a predicate, but a phrase is just a group of words.
To tell you the truth,I ...
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How is “swimming” being used grammatically in “I saw them swimming in the lake”?
Consider this sentence:
I saw them swimming in the lake.
How is "swimming" used in the sentence? Is it a gerund or verb or anything else and how is it connected to the sentence?
I am mostly aware ...
