The for-to-Infinitive Construction "is a construction in which the infinitive is in predicate relation to a noun or a pronoun preceded by the preposition for," L. A. Kaushanskaya (1970:200) In the sentence the for-to-Infinitive Construction can

Dear friend, Basically, any sentence consists of two parts. They are complete subject and complete predicate. Complete subject is the part of the sentence which names what is talked about, in your case, it is trains. The part which tells what is

I know that linking verbs must be followed by a predicate noun, predicate pronoun, or predicate adjective; these are linked back to the subject to rename or describe. How does one explain commonly spoken and written sentences, like the

Compound subjects have 2 or more nouns or pronouns and are joined by the word and or another conjunction. Example: Her friends and family cheered for her in the stands. (2 NOUNS joined by and)=compound subject compound predicates have 2

Personally I just use what feels correct (for me) in each individual case. Same here. And nine times out of ten I make the agreement with the noun phrase immediately after "none of". I haven't introspected enough to be sure whether

CJ, what's your opinion on the question? Personally I just use what feels correct (for me) in each individual case. For example if this were followed by a linking verb and a predicate nominative I would pick the number of the verb based on the

it seems to me it never does. any situation I can think of, what might be interpreted as the patient is always actually an adjective or adverb. example: "This is most evident in 2008 where the reduction from 350 grams in April to

Hello, Specter. In your sentence "Working for him doesn't interest me," "working for him" is the subject and the rest is the predicate. The subject happens to be a gerundive (or gerundial, as some call

Anon: I never heard of such a rule. The rules for object case are the same for finite and non-finite verbs. Copulative verbs are followed by predicate nominative, and transitive verbs by the object case. When the infinitive follows a catenative

Anon: Here is the main clause in your sentence: The Statue of Liberty may well be the best-known structure in the world. Statue of Liberty (proper noun) is the subject may be is the verb phrase. "be" is a linking verb (intransitive).