The obvious example of the nonfiniteness of imperatives is the linking verb: "Be brave!" (the nonfinite form), not "Are brave" (as in "You are brave"). Dick Veit ________________________ Richard Veit Department of English, UNCW Wilmington, NC 28403-5947 910-962-3324 To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/