Some reporting verbs (2)

These have a personal object before a clause

He told me (that) he would be late assure convince, inform, instruct sby that notify sby that, remind sby that, tell sby that

Some reporting verbs (3)

Most of the following can be used to report commands with a to-infinitive Those marked * can also be followed by that should, those marked that should cannot be followed by to 'advise sby to, "ask sby to, 'beg sby to, cause sby to, command sby to, compel sby to, 'demand to, 'direct sby to, forbid sby to, get sby to, insist that should, "instruct sby to, oblige sby to, 'order sby to, 'persuade sby to, propose that should, 'recommend sby to, 'request sby to, suggest e g where to/ that should, 'telex sby to, 'tell sby to, 'urge sby to, want sby to, wish sby to

Appendix 46 [> 16.13/19/20]

Some verbs followed by a fo-infinitive

sby/stg = object required before to (sby/stg) = optional object allow sby, appoint sby assist sby, attempt, begin, bribe sby, bring in sby, bring up sby, can t bear, care (= want), cease, commence, compete, condemn sby, consent, continue dare (= be brave enough), dare sby, deserve, dislike (sby/stg), elect sby, employ sby, enable sby, encourage sby, fail, get (sby/stg), grow, hasten, hate have (got) [> 11 47], help (sby), hurry, lead sby, like (sby/stg), long, love (sby), manage, need (sby/stg) [> 11 1], neglect, offer, pay, prefer (sby/stg), refuse, rely on sby/stg scheme, seek, select sby/stg, send (for) sby/ stg, start, stop, struggle, tram (sby) try unite (can't) wait, want (sby/stg), wish (sby/stg)

46.2 Verb + fo-infinitive or Q-word +
to-infinitive

All these verbs are also commonly followed by (hat-clauses or question-word clauses agree to/Q to, ask to/Q to, chance to, consider Q to, decide to/Q, discover Q to, forget to/Q to, happen to, hear (= learn) Q to, hope to, know Q to learn to/Q to, mean to, notice Q to, observe Q to occur it occurs to sby to, plan to/Q to, pretend to profess to promise to, prove to, realize Q to reckon (= expect) to regret to, remember to/Q to show sby Q to, teach sby to/Q to, wonder Q to

46.3 Verb + clause or object + 'to be'

/ declare him to be the winner accept arrange (for), believe, calculate certify consider declare deny, discover estimate, fancy, feel (= consider), find (= consider), guess hold, imagine, infer, intend judge, know, mean, perceive, prefer, presume recognize, remember, report request require, sense, suppose suspect take understand

Appendix 47

Appendix 47 [> 2.37,3.1,3.11,5.91 Numbers

Numerals

Words in bold italics cause spelling problems