(object as subject of following infinitive)
71German sentence structure — is somewhat more complex than that of many other European languages, with phrases regularly inverted for both questions and subordinate phrases. Main Sentence If a verb has a separable prefix, this prefix is moved to the end of the sentence.: Ich …
72Dené–Caucasian languages — Dené–Caucasian (controversial) Geographic distribution: scattered in Eurasia; northern North America Linguistic classification: Dené Caucasian Proto language: Proto Dené–Caucasian …
73glossary — Grammatical terms are, to quote Frank Palmer, largely notional and often extremely vague. In I went swimming, for instance, swimming is a present participle; but in Swimming is good for you, it is a gerund. Because such distinctions are for… …
74Swahili language — For other uses, see Swahili (disambiguation). Swahili Language Kiswahili, اللغة السواحلية Spoken in  Burundi …
75English grammar — is a body of rules (grammar) specifying how phrases and sentences are constructed in the English language. Accounts of English grammar tend to fall into two groups: the descriptivist , which describes the grammatical system of English; and the… …
76Dutch grammar — series Dutch grammar Dutch verbs Dutch conjugation t kofschip T rules Dutch nouns Dutch declension Gender in Dutch grammar Dutch orthography Dutch dictionary IJ Dutch phonology …
77Spanish verbs — are one of the most complex areas of Spanish grammar. Spanish is a synthetic language with a moderate to high degree of inflection which shows up mostly in the verb conjugation.The Spanish verb system is separated into 14 distinct tenses (tense… …
78linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …
79Infinitives — ◊ GRAMMAR There are two kinds of infinitive. One kind is called the to infinitive. It consists of to and the base form of a verb. The uses of this kind of infinitive are explained in the entry at ↑ To infinitive clauses. I wanted to escape from… …
80infinitives — ◊ GRAMMAR There are two kinds of infinitive. One kind is called the to infinitive. It consists of to and the base form of a verb. The uses of this kind of infinitive are explained in the entry at ↑ To infinitive clauses. I wanted to escape from… …
