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== Valence constraints on word classes ==
== Raising and Control ==


 
* There is a special verb class called subject raising verbs.
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* These verbs are easy to identify by applying the following tests.
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* If the verb passes theses tests, then it is a subject raising verbs.
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* Usually, if the verb passes one of these tests, then it passes all of them.





Revision as of 19:06, 26 November 2020

Raising and Control

  • There is a special verb class called subject raising verbs.
  • These verbs are easy to identify by applying the following tests.
  • If the verb passes theses tests, then it is a subject raising verbs.
  • Usually, if the verb passes one of these tests, then it passes all of them.




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