INFINITIVE CONSTRUCTIONS (SYNTACTIC COMPLEXES)
Инфинитивные конструкции состоят из инфинитива и именного элемента (местоимения
в объектном падеже (objective case), существительного или имени собственного в общем
падеже (common case)), стоящего перед ним.
Например:
I saw him leave a few minutes ago.
She heard Tom go upstairs.
It is important for parents to show an interest in their children
‟
s sport participation.
TYPES OF INFINITIVE CONSTRUCTIONS
Table 10
№
Type of the Construction
Examples
1 The Objective with the Infinitive Construction (Complex Object)
After verbs of sense perception
(to hear, listen to, to feel, to see, to watch,
to observe, to notice and some others).
After these verbs the infinitive is used
without ‘to’ (bare infinitive).
Note:
After the verbs to see and to notice
the infinitive of the verb to be is not used.
Instead, subordinate object clause is used:
He only had time to notice that the girl
was unusually pretty.
No one had ever heard her
Ø
cry.
He was listening attentively to the chairman
Ø
speak.
I paused a moment and watched the car
Ø
stop.
After verbs of mental activity
(to think, to believe, to consider, to expect,
to understand, to suppose, to find and
some others). Here the infinitive is used in
any form, though the non-perfect forms
are the most frequent.
I know him to be an honest man.
She believed him to have left for San Francisco.
I believed her to be knitting in the next room.
I should expect my devoted friend to be devoted to me.
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