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Lcwang — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:16:30 GMT

When a verb follows another verb, it takes the form of either gerund or an infinitive. But we sometimes see sentences as below:

Come see me when you can.
I go study in the library every afternoon.

I also read somewhere that sentences as below are grammatically incorrect:

John goes study in the library every.

Please clarify. And how about the sentence below, is it correct to say:

The promotion campaign helps double the sales.

Re: Please help me with infinitive clause

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:52:11 GMT

Grammar is a descriptive process. Linguists look at a language and describe how it works.
However some Linguists describe things differently to others. The end result is usually the same, but the way they organise it, and what all the parts are call varies.
eg some Linguists say pronouns are a type of noun, some treat nouns and pronouns as different parts of speech. But both systems work out the same in the end.
However, having several different grammars is however confusing for all the rest of us!!!

An infinitive clause is the same as an infinitive phrase, however different systems of grammar are being used.
In the first clause contain any type of verb, in the second they contain a finite verb (not infinitive)

Infinitives (clauses or phrases - as you link)
Gerunds (clauses or phrases)
and
participle (clauses or phrases)
are all phrases that contain a verb.
They are clauses in some grammars and not in others.
My personal preference is to regard all phrases with a verb as a clause.
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Gerund phrase Getting the promotion is my only hope.

Infinitive phrase I wanted to leave.

Participle phrase Flying high in the air, the rocket exploded.

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The Infinitive comes in two froms, the to-infinitive shown above and the bare infinitive.
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bare infinitive. All I did was touch it

Re: Headquartered

Clive — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:16 GMT

Hi,

To whom it may concern

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Canonical Ltd is a global organisation headquartered in the Isle of Man committed to the development, distribution and promotion of open source software products, and to providing tools and support to the open source community.

Canonical's projects include the Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu operating systems. All of those products are developed as free and open source software and can be used , modified, and redistributed without permisson and completely free of charge. As part of promoting ...

............................................................

[The above was written on a package which I received today. In order not to pay custom duties, the sender has written the above. The sender is an organisation which promotes open source. They don't have any intention of making money. I know it very well. They just post to anybody on request.]

I don't think it is correct to write 'providing tools and support to the open source communinty'.

It should be 'provide tools and support to the open source community'. No, the way it is written is better. The sentence structure needs a noun or a noun-like word, ie a gerund. committed to the development, distribution and promotion . . .and to providing . . .

You could use the noun 'provision' instead of the gerund 'providing'.

Furthermore to write 'organisation headquartered in the Isle of Man' sounds strange. Is it correct to write 'headquartered' ?

The word headquarter is not a verb. Is it a verb too? It's not at all unusual for business writers to use nouns as verbs.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: CPE Sentence transformation 3

Tanit — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:11:29 GMT

Hi Barbara,
Thank you very much!
May I ask a couple of clarifications about sentences no. 1 and no. 4?

Grammar Geek wrote:
1. Could you help me tackle this problem?
[deal] Iâd be grateful â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦ this problem.
Iâd be grateful if you could help me deal with this problem. -- You can also say "if you would" instead of "if you could"
Iâd be grateful if you could help me to deal with this problem.

Is "help me to + infinitive" wrong here?

Grammar Geek wrote:

4. Heâd better abandon all hope of promotion.
[thoughts] He should â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦ promoted out of his mind.
He should push any thoughts of him being promoted out of his mind. of HIS being promoted (gerund being takes the possessive) or He should put all thoughts...

Is "of his being..." a better alternative to "of him being ..." or is the latter grammatically wrong?

As for sentences no. 3 and 5

Grammar Geek wrote:
the part you were given "paper qualifications" sounds odd to me.
...
I would never use "aid" for this one.

this exam is from Cambridge Uni (BrE), and "what's sth in aid of" is a British idiom.

Re: CPE Sentence transformation 3

Grammar Geek — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:32:37 GMT

Hi Tanit,

1. Could you help me tackle this problem?
[deal] Iâd be grateful â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦ this problem.
Iâd be grateful if you could help me deal with this problem. -- You can also say "if you would" instead of "if you could"
Iâd be grateful if you could help me to deal with this problem.

2. I regret that my education has left me so ill-equipped for real life.
[prepared] If â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦ for real life.
If only I were better prepared for real life. -- This one doesn't mention your education
If only my education had better prepared me for real life. -- This is good. Or If only my education had left me better prepared...
(I reckon the latter is very unnatural ... but does the former maintain closely the meaning of the given sentence?)

3. She never passed any exams, as far as I know.
[knowledge] To â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦ no paper qualifications.
To the best of my knowledge, she has no paper qualifications. -- Your "to the best of my knowledge" is just fine - the part you were given "paper qualifications" sounds odd to me.

4. Heâd better abandon all hope of promotion.
[thoughts] He should â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦ promoted out of his mind.
He should push any thoughts of him being promoted out of his mind. of HIS being promoted (gerund being takes the possessive) or He should put all thoughts...

5. What is the point of all this research?
[aid] What is â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦ of?
What is all this research in aid of? You've done as well as I could. I woulud never use "aid" for this one.

6. The scriptwriter said that sheâd invented the whole plot herself.
[thought] The scriptwriter said that sheâd â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦ help.
The scriptwriter said that sheâd thought up the whole plot without any help. Okay, or thought of.
The scriptwriter said that sheâd thought up the whole plot herself without any help. Either is okay. It's a little redundant with the "herself."
(If this were the actual exam, I'd use the first one, but wanted to ask your opinion about the use of "herself")

7. None of use expected to have a test today.
[blue] Yesterdayâs test â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦ for us all.
Yesterdayâs test came out of the blue for us all. -- Looks good.

8. Itâs difficult for some people to express their feelings.
[words] Putting â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦ is difficult for some people.
Putting their feelings into words is difficult for some people. -- Looks good.

You're going to ace the exam!

Re: through/by paying attention in class

CalifJim — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:24:04 GMT

by is the better choice, in my opinion. through, though synonymous, is not used very often in this precise role. Both are correct, however.

It seems to me that by is more used in association with actions (such as indicated with gerunds like "paying attention"). On the other hand, through is more used in association with nouns, possibly abstract nouns, that are less indicative of action. Also, to my ear, the relationship set up by through is less direct than the relationship suggested by by.

I learned a lot [?through / by] studying hard.
I learned about the lecture [through / *by] a friend.
Karen got the job [?through / by] reading the want-ads.
Karen got the job [through / *by] a secretarial agency.
Helen got the job [through / by] deceit.
Helen got the job [?through / by] lying.
You can get a promotion [?through / by] working hard.
You can get a promotion [through / ?by] hard work.

CJ

Re: English Grammer / preposition

Clive — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:12:54 GMT

Hi,

I wanted to know, as far as it seems to me, this sentance should be as;

"ABC is committed to promote and implement safet in the company."

No. ABC is committed to the promotion and implementation of safety in the company.

instead of,

"ABC is committed to promoting and implementing safety in the company."

Can you more elaborate your answer with the contast correct use of of preposition.

The verb 'commit' is usually followed by the preposition 'to'. It means roughly 'pledged to'. The usual grammar is of the form someone is committed to something. The 'something' needs to be a noun, or a noun-equivalent like a gerund. eg

Tom is committed to the project.

Tom is committed to completing the project.

Best wishes, Clive