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Re: ODD VERB FORM (WAS: Llirine: introduction and phonology)

From:Muke Tever <alrivera@...>
Date:Monday, December 3, 2001, 1:34
>> In English, most series of verbs (such as "I saw X verb") only conjugate
for
>> person in the first verb (although you might still say "I saw X verbing" >> or "I saw X verbed"). >> >> Some don't, but they're constructions like "I think X-NOM verbs" instead >> of .... > >Do You mean phrases like: I think him to be intelligent.
No.. (Er, that sounds like an odd phrase anyway...) I mean phrases like "I think he is intelligent" - where 'he' is nominative, and governs 'is'. (So it's really [I think] [he is intelligent], as opposed to [I see him] [being intelligent].) *Muke!