Non-finite forms the verb
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Hadeeva.G.V..Non finite.forms.of.the.Verbs
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- To tell the truth
4. An attribute modifying a noun, a pronoun or a numeral.
a) a noun E.g. 1. I’ve no time to waste. 2. This is the picture to be exhibited. b) a pronoun E.g. 1. It was she to behave like that. 2. It’s always he to speak first. 3. Have you anything to tell me? c) a numeral E.g. 1. Jane was the first to come. 2. He was the second to speak. d) a substantivized adjective (the last, enough, more, much, little, a lot, etc.) E.g. 11 1. He was the last to write the exposition. 2. He knows much to inform her. Note 1: The Passive Infinitive is seldom used in the attributive function. So we should say "it is a book to read" and not "to be read".Exceptions: there is nothing to be done — nothing to do; there is something to be seen, to be said — something to see, to say. Note 2: The attributive Infinitive besides naming an action may express a meaning corresponding to the Russian ‘надо, можно, следует’. E.g. 1. It’s the only thing to do (Это единственное, что можно и нужно сделать). 2. It’s a book to read and remember (Такую книгу надо прочесть и запомнить). Note 3: The attributive Passive Infinitive may have a future meaning. E.g. 1. The house to be built here will be of the same type. 2. She will always find something to complain about. 5. An adverbial modifier a) of purpose (in order, so as, as if, as though may be used as modifiers) E.g. 1. I went out to buy the morning paper. 2. She hurried so as not to give him time for reflection. 3. He opened his mouth wide as if to speak. b) of result (too, enough, so...as) E.g. 1. He is too clever to do it. 2. The problem is difficult enough to solve it. 3. You are so stupid as to lend him your car. You must expect it to be damaged. c) of comparison (manner) (than, as if, as though) E.g. 1. I’d prefer to see it myself than to hear it somewhere. 12 2. He looked at them as though to be still in doubt. 3. He watched her face as if to explain it. d) of exception denotes the only possible action that can be performed under the circumstances. It’s proceeded by except or but used in negative or interrogative sentences after: nothing could be done, he could do nothing, he could not help, etc. The infinitive is used without to. E.g. 1. I had nothing to do but wait. 2. There is nothing to be done about it except tell you the truth. 3. What could he do but smile? e) of condition E.g. To touch it, one would believe that it was the best of furs. f) of time E.g. 1. His brother lived to be ninety four (until). 2. I to see you here (when I see). 6. Parenthesis: to begin with, to tell the truth, to put it mildly, needless to say, so to speak, strange to say, to cut a long story short, to say nothing of..., to say the least of it, to be more exact, etc. E.g. 1. To tell the truth you have been lying all the time. 2. To crown it all I had an accident the other day. 3. To begin with he is not the man to trust. Download 418.2 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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