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I had never heard the terms “finite” and “nonfinite clauses,” so I looked
them up. The examples I found actually look like infinitive and participle
*phrases* to me, not clauses at all.
Is this just another instance where we get tangled up in terminology upon
which we can’t agree on the definition?
Here is what I read:
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"Non-finite clauses are built around verbs that do not have tense or
modality--verbs that are not sentence verb phrases. These are clauses with
(1) infinitives and (2) participles (both -ed and -ing).
Infinitive Clause: 1. He wondered why he had forsaken physics *to study
human culture in the first place*.
Present Participle Clause: 2.*Entering the world of the Yanomamo*, the
anthropologist experienced culture shock.
Past Participle Clause: 3. *Confused by the differences between his culture
and theirs*, he wanted to flee and return home.
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As always, I'm looking forward to being humbled and to learning something
new . . .
Nancy
Nancy L. Tuten, PhD
Professor of English
Director of the Writing-across-the-Curriculum Program
Columbia College
Columbia, South Carolina
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Subject: Odd sentence
Hi
What do you folks make of this sentence? Is the clause that begins 'that
the Greek colonies..." finite or non-finite? I think it is non-finite, but
I'm wavering a little.
When they reached the coast of Asia Minor, they insisted that the Greek
colonies of Lydia recognize the Persian Kings as their over- Lords and pay
them a stipulated tax.
Thanks
Janet Castilleja
Heritage University
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