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A non-finite clause is a clause where the verb/auxiliary does not contain the tense information of the event/action/state it describes.  For example, in an English sentence ''She wants [to go to school]'', the embedded clause in the brackets is non-finite in that the tense of the action described by the verb ''go'' is not expressed.
 
A non-finite clause is a clause where the verb/auxiliary does not contain the tense information of the event/action/state it describes.  For example, in an English sentence ''She wants [to go to school]'', the embedded clause in the brackets is non-finite in that the tense of the action described by the verb ''go'' is not expressed.
  
The subject of a non-finite clause can be omitted as in ''She wants [PRO to go to school]''; When it appears as a personal pronoun, it must inflect for accusative Case as in ''She wants [him go to school]'', as opposed to ''*She wants [he go to school]''.
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The subject of a non-finite clause can be omitted as in ''She wants [PRO to go to school]''; When it appears as a personal pronoun, it must inflect for accusative Case as in ''She wants [him to go to school]'', as opposed to ''*She wants [he to go to school]''.
  
 
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-finite_verb
 
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*http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsANonfiniteVerb.htm
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*http://grammar.about.com/od/mo/g/nonfiniterm.htm
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:09, 29 November 2009

A non-finite clause is a clause where the verb/auxiliary does not contain the tense information of the event/action/state it describes. For example, in an English sentence She wants [to go to school], the embedded clause in the brackets is non-finite in that the tense of the action described by the verb go is not expressed.

The subject of a non-finite clause can be omitted as in She wants [PRO to go to school]; When it appears as a personal pronoun, it must inflect for accusative Case as in She wants [him to go to school], as opposed to *She wants [he to go to school].

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