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... compound gerund with the preposition is sufficient proof that to does not belong to the infinitive so much as to the preceding verb . See Gerund , 41 . You will never read anything that's worth listening to . SHER . , Critic , I , 1 ...
... compound gerund with the preposition is sufficient proof that to does not belong to the infinitive so much as to the preceding verb . See Gerund , 41 . You will never read anything that's worth listening to . SHER . , Critic , I , 1 ...
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... compound , so that the in- flexional ending is attached to the infinitive instead of to help , e . g . : I help loaded the cart . Also in the construction in which to help is divided from the infinitive by a ( pro ) noun , to is ...
... compound , so that the in- flexional ending is attached to the infinitive instead of to help , e . g . : I help loaded the cart . Also in the construction in which to help is divided from the infinitive by a ( pro ) noun , to is ...
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... Compound Gerunds . ... §§ 38-42 The Gerund compared with the other Verbals ... The Gerund compared with the Infinitive .. §§ 43-52 §§ 43-45 The Gerund compared with the Noun of Action The Gerund compared with the Present Participle ...
... Compound Gerunds . ... §§ 38-42 The Gerund compared with the other Verbals ... The Gerund compared with the Infinitive .. §§ 43-52 §§ 43-45 The Gerund compared with the Noun of Action The Gerund compared with the Present Participle ...
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... compound gerunds , i . e . such as are made up of a noun , adverb or preposition verb , e , g .: horse - breeding , bringing - up ( or up- bringing ) , listening to . For detailed discussion see 38-42 . b ) The same name may be given to ...
... compound gerunds , i . e . such as are made up of a noun , adverb or preposition verb , e , g .: horse - breeding , bringing - up ( or up- bringing ) , listening to . For detailed discussion see 38-42 . b ) The same name may be given to ...
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... Compound gerunds may be made complex , i . e . made to show the distinction of voice or tense . This , Sir Lucius , I call being ill - used . SHER . , Riv . , III , 4 , ( 252 ) . Tennyson disliked being lionised or run after . Horace ...
... Compound gerunds may be made complex , i . e . made to show the distinction of voice or tense . This , Sir Lucius , I call being ill - used . SHER . , Riv . , III , 4 , ( 252 ) . Tennyson disliked being lionised or run after . Horace ...
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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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