Key elements in this chapter include:
Infinitive phrases:
-Nonfinite: a verb that is not preceded by tense.
-Nonfinite verb phrase=infinitive phrase, i.e. “Kay hoped to arrive before midnight.”
-I urge <s>that</s> you<s> should</s> (to) deliver this package on Friday
-The tense and modal are not needed in the sentence but necessary for understanding the type of sentence it is.
-These phrases can be nominal, adjectival, and adverbial
Passive Infinitives-An infinitive that comes from a passive finite verb clause
Infinitives without To- where the verb lacks the past tense inflection but there is no indicator of the word to.
I have a hard time recognizing these phrases that are embedded. I’m worried I’m not going to be able to recognize them in a sentence that has been reduced.
What is confusing about infinitives are the phrases without the word to, because that is a very helpful indicator.
Differences:
An infinitive phrase= to + verb
Prepositional phrase= to + noun phrase
Participle phrase
A participle with the subject or the complements of the verb from which it originated
-Dangling modifier: a modifier that does not clearly refer to what it is modifying. Example: “before finishing lunch, the bus left” The bus didn’t finish lunch, the people did, but that’s what it sounds like in this sentence.
Gerunds-A verb ending with –ing that takes the place of a noun.
-Gerund phrase: includes subject, complement or modified by an adverb phrase
What was useful about gerunds was simply that they were easier to recognize because you can replace the gerund phrase with the word "something" as an indicator of its identity.
I don't have any questions that I can think of right now. I'm sure I will once I try to disect infinitives and diagram them.
Infinitive phrases:
-Nonfinite: a verb that is not preceded by tense.
-Nonfinite verb phrase=infinitive phrase, i.e. “Kay hoped to arrive before midnight.”
-I urge <s>that</s> you<s> should</s> (to) deliver this package on Friday
-The tense and modal are not needed in the sentence but necessary for understanding the type of sentence it is.
-These phrases can be nominal, adjectival, and adverbial
Passive Infinitives-An infinitive that comes from a passive finite verb clause
Infinitives without To- where the verb lacks the past tense inflection but there is no indicator of the word to.
I have a hard time recognizing these phrases that are embedded. I’m worried I’m not going to be able to recognize them in a sentence that has been reduced.
What is confusing about infinitives are the phrases without the word to, because that is a very helpful indicator.
Differences:
An infinitive phrase= to + verb
Prepositional phrase= to + noun phrase
Participle phrase
A participle with the subject or the complements of the verb from which it originated
-Dangling modifier: a modifier that does not clearly refer to what it is modifying. Example: “before finishing lunch, the bus left” The bus didn’t finish lunch, the people did, but that’s what it sounds like in this sentence.
Gerunds-A verb ending with –ing that takes the place of a noun.
-Gerund phrase: includes subject, complement or modified by an adverb phrase
What was useful about gerunds was simply that they were easier to recognize because you can replace the gerund phrase with the word "something" as an indicator of its identity.
I don't have any questions that I can think of right now. I'm sure I will once I try to disect infinitives and diagram them.
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