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Non-finite verbs & the "verbiness" of participles gerunds infinitives: Difference between revisions
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* "to know" = infinitive | * "to know" = infinitive | ||
** "to know" is acting as a noun and is the subject of the verb of the second clause "is" | ** "to know" is acting as a noun and is the subject of the verb of the second clause "is" | ||
*** "a little" is | *** "a little" is a compound adverb that modifies "to know" | ||
whereas both “learning” and “to know” are the subjects (nouns) of the two verbs “is”, they convey the action of learning and knowing. | whereas both “learning” and “to know” are the subjects (nouns) of the two verbs “is”, they convey the action of learning and knowing. | ||
Additionally, while non-finite verbs do not have a subject, they maintain the grammatical properties of finite verbs of objects and complements. Thus, in | Additionally, while non-finite verbs do not have a subject, they maintain the grammatical properties of finite verbs of objects and complements. Thus, in | ||