Теоретическая грамматика английского языка
(subjective) predicative which may be expressed by a noun, an adjective, an adverb, an infinitive, an ing-form and a participle. e.g. Bob Skinner was made the leader of the team. The door was painted green. Everybody was found in. They were expected to agree. The children were left playing on the floor. The car was last seen parked at the hotel. 3) The Prepositional Infmitive Phrase — a syntactic construction which consists of a noun in the common case, an indefinite pronoun or a personal pronoun in the objective case, and a predicative expressed by an infinitive. The whole of the phrase is joined to the rest of the sentence by a preposition. Usually it is the preposition for, but sometimes the choice of the preposition is determined by the verb the phrase depends on. e.g. He held out the papers for me to see. He was looking for someone to help him.. Her whole life had been spent listening to other people talk. They appealed to hina to give up the idea. I arranged with the woman downstairs to keep the place clean. You can rely on Father to forget nothing. Prepositional infinitive phrases may perform different functions in the sentence, e .g. For him to swear was such a rarity that David was not only shocked but thoroughly startled, (subject) All he wanted was for me to get out of his sight, (predicative) We were waiting for the train to arrive, (prepositional object) The boy stood aside for us to go by. (adverbial modifier of purpose) I was Ю0 young for them to tell me the truth, (adverbial modifier of consequence) It was an easy plan for Roger to fulfill, (attribute) 4) The ing-CompIex — a syntactic construction which consists of a possessive proivoun or a personal pronoun in the objective case or a noun in the common or genitive case, and a predicative expressed by an ing-form. The ing-complex may perform different flmctions in the sentence. e.g. At first she hadn't been sure that his coming here had been a good thing, (subject) The only thing I am afraid of is the family being too sure of themselves, (predicative) That's a risk I just can't think of у our taking, (prepositional object) He couid not approve of Guy's hiding himself away, (prepositional object) Not a day had passed without that yoimg man coming to at least one meal, (adverbial modifier of attending circumstances) 38
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