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Introduction
Non-finite forms
Catenative constructions and verbless
Functions
Practical grammar
Exercises
Sources
1.INTRODUCTION
Complex
and for)
Can lack overt subjects despite not being
imperative
may have a non subject NP left understood
Non-finite usually replaces that-clauses.
2.FORMS
Infinitive
Bare
infinitive
To-infinitive
Gerund
Past
participle
participle
3.CATENATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS
AND VERBLESS
Catenative
Substitution
Verbless
Predicator
is missing.
Usually associated with the function as an adjunct
Subject
Only
4.FUNCTIONS
Complement
Only
of a P
4.FUNCTIONS
Complement
To
of Vgrp
To and bare infinitive: Her parents intend to buy her a car/ The
Devil made me do it.
Ing participle: remember telling you about her visit.
Past participle: I could have you dismissed on the spot
Complement
Only
of a N
to infinitive
Complement
To
of A
4.FUNCTIONS
Adverbial
Past
Modifier
To
of a NOM
5.PRACTICAL GRAMMAR
Uses
To
of the infinitive
express purpose
5.PRACTICAL GRAMMAR
When
To
Infinitive+noun+preposition
I
5.PRACTICAL GRAMMAR
As sentence adverbials
To
be perfectly honest
To be fair
5.PRACTICAL GRAMMAR
Gerund
As
a subject of a sentence
As a complement of a verb
After prepositions
Phrasal
In
verbs
noun compounds
A diving board
Verbs+possessive
adjective/ pronoun+gerund
5.PRACTICAL GRAMMAR
Participle
As
an adjective
To replace relative clauses
6.EXERCISES
The sentences below are a diverse set of
examples taken from different sources. Look at
them and:
a)Identify
6.EXERCISES
A joke in our new vid was similar to the one made by @thetomska.
Weve seen his videos but never the one with the similar joke. Id
like to apologize for somehow using the same joke despite never
seeing the video. We have much respect for you, @thethomska,
and would never intentionally steal from you.
An air and sea search is called off for four British yachtsmen
missing in the Atlantic after their boat began taking in water.
Thousands of people line the streets of north London to celebrate
Arsenals FA Cup final victory over Hull
6.EXERCISES
Stars including Olivia Colman and Mark Gatiss gather on the red
carpet
The search for a crew member from Brecon missing from his
vessel in the Mediterranean Sea has been called off.
An RAF spy plane has left the UK to help search for 223
schoolgirls abducted by Islamic militants in Nigeria.
6.EXERCISES
7.SOURCES
Huddleston, R. & G. Pullum. (2006). A Students
Introduction to English Grammar. . Cambridge:
C.U.P
Burton-Roberts, N. (1997/2010). Analysing
Sentences. London and New York: Longman.
Quirk, Randolph & Greenbaum, Sidney (1973). A
university grammar of English. Longman,
[Harlow]