The Incompatibility of Perception Verb with to-Infinitive
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It is well-known that the perception verb does not accept the to-infinitive as its complement in the active. However, not many attempts have been made to explore what motivates the to-infinitive not to be allowed in the active. The grammatical phenomenon is often treated as much as if it were simply a stipulation or a rule. Against this backdrop, this article is going to support that the disqualification of the to-infinitive for the complement of the perception verb is well-motivated. This research is focused on the investigation of why the to-infinitive cannot be accepted in the active. It is going to suggest here that some inherent semantic property of the perception verb contributes to its incompatibility with the to-infinitive in the active.
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It is well-known that the perception verb does not accept the to-infinitive as its complement in the active. However, not many attempts have been made to explore what motivates the to-infinitive not to be allowed in the active. The grammatical phenomenon is often treated as much as if it were simply a stipulation or a rule. Against this backdrop, this article is going to support that the disqualification of the to-infinitive for the complement of the perception verb is well-motivated. This research is focused on the investigation of why the to-infinitive cannot be accepted in the active. It is going to suggest here that some inherent semantic property of the perception verb contributes to its incompatibility with the to-infinitive in the active.
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