Participle phrase & infinitive phrase

Sentence

• a grammatically complete thought
  • grammatically complete = contains a finite verb (subject-verb)
  • logically complete = does not need more information to complete the thought

Finite Verb

	Subject	Verb	Complements
Sentence	Student	reads	a textbook
Phrase		Reading	a textbook

Finite verb is a verb that has a subject

• if the verb has no subject, then it is "non-finite"
• non-finite verbs act as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs
  • while they do not have a subject
    • they may have complements
      • adverbs
      • objects
      • prepositional phrases