Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum, A STUDENT'S INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR (Cambridge University Press, 2005)

NOTES ON THE EXERCISES TO CHAPTER 10

1. Classify the following subordinate clauses (underlined) as finite or non-finite.

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2. In each of the following pairs, embed a subordinate counterpart of the main clause [a] in the position marked ‘[. . .]’ in [b], and identify the clause type and function of the subordinate clause.

Ex	I thought to myself, why make a fuss about this?
A	The underlined clause is non-finite. The argument in defense of this would be that if the example is changed in such a way as to replace make the verb by be, the correct form is be; the primary forms of be are all impossible (*why is a fool; *why am a fool; *why are a fool; *why was a fool; *why were a fool).

Ex	[a] How stupid you looked in that hat!	[b] I can't believe [. . .]
A	I can't believe how stupid you looked in that hat. The clause type is exclamative, and the function is internal complement (of believe).

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