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| Subject | Predicate | Object | |
| noun or pronoun in the objective case | (to)* + infinitive | ||
| I/you/we/they | expect/don’t expect | me/you/him/ her/us/them | to repair the car. |
| he/she/it | expects/doesn’t expect |
*Remember: to is never used after let, make, see, hear, feel, watch, notice, observe in the Active Voice: e.g. We watched the engineer make a hologram. Then he let us experiment with a laser.
The Complex Object is used after the main verbs denoting:
| wish | mental activity | sense perception | awareness | inducement |
| to want to wish to desire need I would like (= I’d like) | to suppose to expect to consider to assume to prove to believe to understand to think to find | to see to hear to feel to watch to notice to observe | to know to find to note to claim to state to declare to pronounce to announce to report | to make to cause to force to let to allow to permit to enable to ask to tell to order to command |
For example:
· We would like you to test the device.
· I consider him to be a professional in his field.
· She found the carburetor to be blocked.
· The engineer told us to stop the experiment.
· The teacher makes us study hard.
· He heard the engine start after a loud click.
Remember: The Infinitive in the Complex Object is often used in the Passive Voice but it is translated into Russian in the Active Voice and is placed before the noun.
For example:
· The engineer allowed the technology to be used. - Инженер разрешил использовать эту технологию
The For-To-Infinitive Construction
| Function | Examples |
| 1. Subject | · It was difficult for him to obtain the data. (Ему было сложно получить эти данные) · For me to study this phenomenon was very important. (Для меня было очень важно изучить это явление) |
| 2. Predicative | · The best thing is for you to solve this task now. (Лучшее, что Вы можете сделать – это выполнить это задание сейчас) |
| 3.Object | · The students watched for the door to open. (Студенты видели, как открывается дверь) · His family were anxious for him to enter the University. (Его семье очень хотелось, чтобы он поступил в университет) · I’m so glad for you to have installed this device at last. (Я очень рад, что ты наконец-то установил это устройство) |
| 4. Adverbial modifier of purpose and consequence | · The wall was too high for anything to be visible. (Стена была слишком высока, чтобы что-нибудь увидеть) · He had said enough for me to get alarmed. (Он сказал достаточно для того, что бы я забеспокоился) |
| 5. Attribute | · There was no need for him to carry out this experiment. (Не было такой необходимости, чтобы он проводил этот эксперимент) |
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