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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...

Your sentence is more polite and as a result much more frequent: 607 on "I would like for you to go" http://books.google.com/books?q=%22I+would+like+for+you+to+go%22&btnG=Search+Books 233 on "I'd like for you to go"...

Hi all,Thanks in advance for your help in answering this question. I'm trying to explain to a non-native English speaker that a certain usage is either incorrect or awkward, but I find myself unable to do so. At this point, I'm just confusing myself in trying to explain it.So her...

Hello, Twinkletoes.No, that's not what I'm saying. "things to do" is the direct object of "have", the main verb of the sentence. "To do" would be a clause (a non-finite one) even if "things" weren't there or if it had some other type of...

No, Jim, I really meant an adjective, as in "I'm happy to see you".happy to see you = predicative (or subject complement if you wish); adjectival construction.happy = head of the predicativeto see you = to-infinitive clause acting as "adjectival complement" (which means...

All you do is make a lot of money. (the 'to' is normally omitted)'Make a lot of money' here is a (bare) infinitive clause without a subject. The understood subject is 'you': All you do is make a lot of money. The -ing form does not work here, because 'do' does not call for an object in this...

Hi there. "I find cats annoying." I think the "annoying" bit is a reduced infinitive clause (i.e. the full clause would be: "to be annoying"). Is this right? My questions are: 1) are there any other verbs (other than "find") that can be followed by a reduced infinitive clause? 2) are there...

--------- infinitive clause: a type of non-finite clause, with the verb in the infinitive. Infinitive clauses may or may not contain the infinitive marker to. A subject may or may not be present; the subject of an infinitive clause may be realized as a noun phrase or as a prepositional...

Mr-Taciturn wrote: Inchoateknowledge wrote: ''Stories to tell to children'' = stories (to tell = infinitive clause modifying 'stories') to children stories to children 'to' does not hinge on the verb tell Then, we can say '' Stories (to tell) for children'' can't we? I do not see...

Inchoateknowledge wrote: ''Stories to tell to children'' = stories (to tell = infinitive clause modifying 'stories') to children stories to children 'to' does not hinge on the verb tell Then, we can say '' Stories (to tell) for children'' can't we?