[projectaon] Re: Editor's Companion Submission
- From: McSwain LeRoy <simonaamanarfan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:09:39 -0500
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:36:35 +0000
> From: outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [projectaon] Re: Editor's Companion Submission
>
> On 26/01/2010 15:04, pamail.cgi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > The following was sent from the Editor's Companion form
> > From: Jan Charvát<ch.honza@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: 15:04:52 on Tuesday, January 26, 2010
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > (er) 17tdoi 62: the grand arch begin to collapse -> the grand arch begins
> > to collapse
> > (er) 17tdoi 36: the grand arch begin to collapse. -> the grand arch begins
> > to collapse.
>
> No, this is correct. The sentence reads: "You are within seconds of escaping
> when, to your horror,
> you see [1] the walls buckle and [2] the grand arch begin to collapse."
>
> That is, you are seeing the grand arch begin to collapse, rather than just
> being told that it is
> beginning to collapse.
>
Right. In this sentence, 'begin' is the infinitive form essentially acting as
a verbal noun in the role of direct object of the verb 'see'. Because it's an
infinitive, it doesn't take an ending.
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