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He saw her there alone yesterdayAbout. For a bachelor to have such well-trained servants was a prov- It was rare for him to go out to dinner. He was too embarrassed for us to ask him about anything. This kind of construction is called the f or-phrase. The subject of the ing-form may be expressed in four different e.g. a) I appreciate your coming to my defense. b) I just couldn't complain about him and be the cause of him losing the job. c) Do you recall Richard's doing that? d) She was worried by a stranger staring at her from a dark corner. The ing-form with its subject is called the ing-complex. But the four complexes differ with regard to the frequency of Possessive pronouns are in current use, whereas the use of per- Note. Note the pattern in which the subject of the ing-form is introduced by Verbals, like the finite forms, can be used in the active and in e.g. I have not come here to be insulted but to talk to you as a friend. I watched her for a little while without being seen. The two different kinds of subject may be called the active § 167. With regard to their meaning and function, the infini- 1) They can serve as notional verbs. e.g. It amused him to tease the girl. He went downstairs, holding on the banister. 2) They may also serve as structural words. Some of them, e.g. He is said to be a good chap. Tom said something about it being pretty late. The verb to have may be used as a modal verb. e.g. Well, I'm sorry to have to tell you that. He looked at his wrist-watch and talked about having to The infinitive and the ing-form may also be used as auxiliary Both verbals are widely used as second (or third) components e-g. She will be there. § 168. The syntactic functions of the verbals and those of the The finite forms, as has been said, have one function in the e.g. To know all about English is one thing; to know English is quite another. Everything you've planned to do is sensible. The infinitive and the ing-form may also have adjective func- e.g. He was not a man to do rash things. Singing people, arm in arm, filled the street. The two verbals can also perform adverbial functions (e.g. the e.g. I came here to discuss matters with you. I had only to hear her voice to know what she felt. After hesitating a moment or two, Jim knocked on the door. You begin learning a language by listening to the new sounds. The infinitive and the ing-form may also have purely verbal a) In certain sentence patterns they may serve as the predicate e.g. Why not go with me? What about having a look at my new house? b) As is well known, in the absolute majority of English sen- e.g. I woke to find Maud cooking a meal (=and found). He took a seat next to mine, watching my face with close at- The infinitive and the ing-form may also serve as parenthesis, e.g. To tell the truth, I'm beginning to find her a bore. § 169. In some of their functions the infinitive and the ing- Besides, the infinitive and the ing-form are in some functions e.g. It was a relief to be in the car again. "It's no use going on like that," he said in an angry tone. § 170. Although the syntactic functions of the infinitive and e-g. He told me about it himself. He wanted to tell me about it himself. He insisted on telling me about it himself. He wanted to see her there alone yesterday. He told me about seeing her there alone yesterday. If a verb requires a prepositional object, the preposition is re- e.g. We've got a lot to talk about. I'm not accustomed to being spoken to in that way. Yet there is a difference between the two verbals and the finite e.g. That year winter set in early. To relieve my feeling, I wrote a letter to Robert. With the infinitive and the ing-form, the secondary parts are at the boarding house. My father was the coach of our swimming team, though his e.g. He was not there. With verbals, the negatives not and never always precede He went on drinking his coffee, not saying anything more. § 171. In addition to the above described features which the The infinitive is generally preceded by the particle to, but. in
particle will be considered in connection with each of the func- Note. The infinitive and the particle to may be separated from each other by e.g. She was the first person to ever understand me, Frank. I'm sorry, I made a mistake. It was a mistake to even try to help you. However, split infinitives are very rarely found in English. If there are two or more infinitives in the same function fol- e.g. Amy admired Lilian because she could do a lot of things — Sometimes, however, the particle to is repeated for emphasis, e.g. The hero, when the heroine hurts his feelings, is said to feel The infinitive may sometimes be represented by the particle to e.g. Joe said, "I don't think we are going to catch any fish." "I never expect to," said Lizzy. She would have listened if I had called her attention to it but Another peculiarity of the infinitive is that it may be used as e.g- I didn't know what to say. I couldn't decide whether to speak or not. § 172. The ing-form, in its turn, has peculiarities of its own. e.g. For anybody as clever as you are, you're not really good at deciding things. for not paying the rent. The ing-form has another peculiarity: it may lose its verbal e.g. They found his ideas very upsetting. His erect, rather forbidding figure made him look old-fashi- In the second example forbidding means 'суровый, неприступ- Adjectivized ing-forms, like real adjectives, may be preceded e.g. She is always so amusing. The results which he obtained proved to be moat striking. Note 1. There are a number of ing-forms of this kind that are used only as ad- Note 2. In English there are a considerable number of nouns in -ing. They may e.g. The drums were silent: the singing stopped. "My wife had once a vegetarian bulldog," said Mr Smith with pride. "Of course. it took some training." "I do a lot of travelling," he said. She had an attack of violent sobbing. Nouns in -ing denoting actions are called verbal nouns. They should not be The Participle § 173. Although the participle has the same lexical meaning as As the participle has only one form (see "Verbs", § 5 and Ap- The grammatical meaning of the participle is closely connected The participle is, in the main, formed from transitive verbs e.g. He had suits, and coats, and shirts made to order. It was a question put down by one of the correspondents. When the participle is formed from transitive terminative e.g. On arriving at the small building on the top of the mountain, she found it locked. A participle formed from a transitive durative verb denotes an e.g. Tom was the happy husband, adoring and adored, At last the Colonel, accompanied by his two daughters, made The number of participles formed from intransitive verbs is e-g. She sat down on a fallen tree to have a short rest. The house was made of unpainted plank, gone grey now. Sometimes the participle is formed from an intransitive mean- e.g.. His face was like a withered apple. § 174. Like the finite forms and the other two verbals, the The subject of the participle may be the person or thing denot- e.g. a) Suddenly touched, she came over to the side of her fa- b) He heard his name called. c) A large fat man with a face shaved as smooth as marble stood in the doorway. As the participle is, as a rule, formed from transitive verbs e.g. I looked at the ceiling, painted by some 18th century artist now forgotten. § 175. The participle can be used only as a notional verb (see But, like the infinitive and the ing-form, the participle is widely § 176. The syntactic functions of the participle in the sentence e.g. One day he landed in Santa Domingo in torn and dusty clothes. § 177. The participle, like the other two verbals, is, in some of e.g. You'll never guess where I had the suit made. The functions of the participle will be dealt with in detail below. § 178. The participle, like the finite forms and the two other e.g. a) I had my suitcase put in the corner of a third-class carriage. c) They let him know of the decision taken by the committee. If the verb requires a prepositional object, the preposition is e.g. He never uttered a word unless spoken to. The blood in his cut seemed very dark. "You ought to have it §179. The participle often becomes adjectivized. (Adjectiviza- e.g. On the surface my life was varied and exciting; but beneath He was an elegant gentleman though given to talking in a The streets, deserted now, looked frightening (= пустые, без- The adjectivized participle may be preceded, like a real adjec- e.g. Is Mrs White really very excited? Suddenly, looking rather alarmed, she rushed out of the room. Note 1. Some participles are used only as adjectives in present-day English, Note 2. There are a number of adjectives ending in -ed which are homonymous Adjectives built up on this pattern mean 'having stockings, having property, § 180. The use of all the three verbals is characterized by one In describing the various functions of the verbals, special
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