Syntax 1 Wiki: Week 6

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

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