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If the verb V takes a non-finite VP-complement headed by the verb '''rain''', then V must take the idiomatic word it as its subject. | If the verb V takes a non-finite VP-complement headed by the verb '''rain''', then V must take the idiomatic word it as its subject. | ||
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Raising and Control
Raising
- 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.
Subject raising verb Test Nr. 1
If the verb V takes a non-finite VP-complement headed by the verb rain, then V must take the idiomatic word it as its subject.
Illustration:
(1)
a. Itidiom will rain.
b. * The student will rain.
The student
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