Timeline for To be followed by adjective/verb
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| Jun 8, 2015 at 11:12 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | @CharmiSapariya To put it another way: in each of these the first verb in the chain--prove, appear, seem--requires that a clausal complement be headed by a marked infinitive. | |
| Jun 8, 2015 at 10:46 | history | edited | Sanchises | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 8, 2015 at 10:34 | comment | added | Sanchises | Yes, but again it is a modification of 'is' to 'proved to be'. So, the infinite + article + noun is not the grammatical construct of interest, but modifying verb + infinite is! For example, 'The plane took off from the airport', one could ask a question like 'What kind of construct is 'off from'? whereas the construct in question is 'to take off' and 'from + noun'. So, to conclude, the question isolates part of the sentence that is not a separate construct at all! | |
| Jun 8, 2015 at 10:27 | comment | added | Charmi Sapariya | Thank you Sanchises, but in above paragraph, in the sentence (the special status promised by the previous UPA government has proved to be elusive) "to be" used as infinitive verb right… or my understanding is incorrect. | |
| Jun 8, 2015 at 9:00 | history | answered | Sanchises | CC BY-SA 3.0 |