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... adverbial adjuncts , e . g .: He promised to write the letter ; He pre- tended to listen to me ; He intended to rise early . Further discussion or illustration is not necessary . 2 ) showing , at least in part , the distinctions of ...
... adverbial adjuncts , e . g .: He promised to write the letter ; He pre- tended to listen to me ; He intended to rise early . Further discussion or illustration is not necessary . 2 ) showing , at least in part , the distinctions of ...
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... adverbial or adnominal clause implying a relation of purpose , as in : He toils to earn a living ; She gave him the letter to post . But in many adverbial and adnominal clauses the meaning of to is vague and weak , often to the extent ...
... adverbial or adnominal clause implying a relation of purpose , as in : He toils to earn a living ; She gave him the letter to post . But in many adverbial and adnominal clauses the meaning of to is vague and weak , often to the extent ...
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... adverbial in grammatical function , but originally it was a noun , being used as such with the indicative of to have from the earliest periods , and followed by a final infinitive with to . The construction without to , however ...
... adverbial in grammatical function , but originally it was a noun , being used as such with the indicative of to have from the earliest periods , and followed by a final infinitive with to . The construction without to , however ...
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... adverbial adjunct of purpose , so that to could not possibly be dispensed with : You ought to ... have your black nurse to tuck you up in bed . THACK . , Virg . , Ch . LXXVI , 802 . They had him to dine with them at the inn . id ...
... adverbial adjunct of purpose , so that to could not possibly be dispensed with : You ought to ... have your black nurse to tuck you up in bed . THACK . , Virg . , Ch . LXXVI , 802 . They had him to dine with them at the inn . id ...
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... adverbial relation , usage is divided . i . Since you are in the humour to talk rather than to sleep . BELLAMY , Looking Backward , 33 . I have nothing more to do than to declare our procedings terminated . Times . ii . The coachman had ...
... adverbial relation , usage is divided . i . Since you are in the humour to talk rather than to sleep . BELLAMY , Looking Backward , 33 . I have nothing more to do than to declare our procedings terminated . Times . ii . The coachman had ...
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active voice adjectival adjective adnominal adjunct adverbial adjunct appears Bankrupt Heart Christm Chuz clause common Compare compounds construction CURME dare DICK distinctly Domb durst E. F. BENSON ELIOT express following quotations genitive gerund GOLDSMITH Gram grammatical function Haml head-word Hist instances J. M. BARRIE JANE AUSTEN JESPERSEN lady Life's Morn Lond Lord LYTTON MARRYAT Mating of Lydia Modern English MURRAY N. E. Gr non-prepositional object Note noun of action observed passive infinitive passive meaning passive voice past participle Pend perfect infinitive person Pickw practice preceded predicate preposition prepositional infinitive present participle preterite SARAH GRAND Scorr seems sentence SHAK SHAKESPEARE SHER sometimes STOF substantival SWEET Synt TEMPLE THURSTON tense THACK thing time-sphere transitive verbs verb verbal VIII Virg Westm word word-group XVIII
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