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|    Anton Shepelev to Alexander Koryagin    |
|    Some issues from some books    |
|    06 Oct 23 17:14:54    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 6520165a       REPLY: 2:221/6.0 65200d18       PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 1.3 20231003       NOTE: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32).       CHRS: CP437 2       TZUTC: 0300       TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2023-02-24       Alexander Koryagin:              AS>> I will have him repair my car. (1)       AK>       AK> "Repair" is a verb, and you use the direct object here.       AK> And therefore you had to use "to" before the verb.              No, I hand't. This usage needs the bare infinitive.              AK> "He asked me to wait a little".              You ask someome to do something, but you have someone do it.       There is a qulitative difference between /ask/ and /have/.              AS>> You may call it a past participal in the second       AS>> instance, because it partakes of the verb, or, is       AS>> partially a verb.       AK>       AK> I don't understand your logic here.              Have you wondered why it is called participle? What       definition of participle do you use? Here is the one I use,       by Goold Brown --               A Participle is a word derived from a verb,        participating the properties of a verb, and of an        adjective or a noun; and is generally formed by adding        /ing/, /d/, or /ed/, to the verb: thus, from the verb        rule, are formed three participles, two simple and one        compound; as, 1. /ruling/, 2. /ruled/, 3. /having        ruled/.              ---         * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/0 16/0 19/10 37 90/1 105/81 106/201 123/130 131       SEEN-BY: 129/305 142/104 153/7715 203/0 218/700 221/1 6 360 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 112 113 206 307 317 426 428 470 664 700 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 266/512 280/5003 282/1038 291/111 301/1 305/3 317/3 320/119       SEEN-BY: 320/219 319 2119 322/0 757 335/364 341/66 234 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 423/81 460/58 712/848 5020/400 1042 5075/35       PATH: 221/6 1 320/219 229/426           |
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