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syntaxe

et valeurs énonciatives

 

proposition principale

+

proposition infinitive

(pronom + toviseur -> Base Verbale)

 

 

The government wants

us all to work longer.

 

 

cette structure infinitive

ayant souvent un sens

conséquentiel / résultatif,

le verbe de la principale

exprime la volonté,

la préconisation,

la conviction, la décision :

 

want, urge, convince, decide...

 

 

 

exceptions

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Guardian        p. 40        4 February 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Guardian        p. 46        9 February 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

infinitives

 

 

actif

 

for + Nsujet + toviseur -> Base Verbale

 

 

 

 

 

actif

 

 Nsujet + toviseur -> Base Verbale

 

 

 

 

 

passif

 

Nsujet + toviseur -> be + verbeau participe passé

 

 

 

 

Obama decides

not to release bin Laden photos

 

WASHINGTON/ABBOTTABAD
Wed May 4, 2011
7:13pm EDT
Reuters
By Jeremy Pelofsky
and Kamran Haider

 

WASHINGTON/ABBOTTABAD (Reuters) -

President Barack Obama decided on Wednesday

not to release photographs of slain al Qaeda leader

Osama bin Laden's body,

saying they could incite violence

and be used by militants as a propaganda tool.

Obama decides not to release bin Laden photos, R, 4.5.2011,
    http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/04/
    us-obama-statement-idUSTRE74107920110504

 

 

 

 

 

Schoolgirls should be given contraceptive injections

to cut the rising number of teenage pregnancies,

according to the children's minister, Margaret Hodge.

The minister said if young people were going to have sex,

"you don't want them to have babies".

Minister backs contraceptive jabs to cut teen pregnancies,
G,
16.11.2004,
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/nov/16/
childrensservices.politics

 

 

 

 

 

Tony Blair's hopes of patching up relations

with the Muslim community have been dealt a fresh blow

by a leading Islamic organisation

which is urging its members not to vote Labour

at next week's European elections.

Muslims told not to vote for Labour,
G, 31.5.2004,
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/may/31/
uk.elections2004 

 

 

 

 

 

PASADENA, Calif. (Reuters) - Hours after a bouncy

but "picture-perfect" landing, the robot explorer Spirit

awoke to its first martian dawn on Sunday,

ready to beam more photos

from the red planet back to Earth

as scientists prepared the rover to search

for ancient signs of life-sustaining water.

U.S. Rover Beams More Photos After Mars Landing,
R,
Sun January 4, 2004 06:13 PM ET.

 

 

 

 

 

The Football Association is considering

using high-profile England players

such as the captain, David Beckham,

to urge fans not to repeat the scenes

at Sunderland's Stadium of Light last month

when trouble outside the ground

and two pitch invasions inside

marred England's 2-0 victory over Turkey

in an important Euro 2004 qualifier.

FA looks to players in fight against hooliganism,
I, p. 29, 15.5.2003.

 

 

 

 

 

The US-led force received a boost yesterday

when the leading Shia Muslim cleric

called on Iraqis not to resist

the Americans and British.

Ayatollah tells Shias to stop fighting,

GE,
p. 2, 4.4.2003,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/04/
iraq.ewenmacaskill1

 

 

 

 

 

Mr Edwards had even written to Mr Ryan,

urging him not to spare his life.

An Inmate Not Eager to Leave Death Row,
NYT/Le Monde, p. 4, 26/27.1.2003.

 

 

 

 

 

A diplomat became "a British Oskar Schindler",

saving the lives of 1,000 Jews

by issuing visas for them to flee

to the colony of Mauritius,

according to the files of the wartime Chief Rabbi.

British Schindler' saved 1,000 Jews from Nazis,
T, p.6, 5.4.2002.

 

 

 

 

 

The Football Association has three weeks

to convince Uefa not to order England's

next Euro 2004 qualifying tie against Slovakia

to be played behind closed doors.

Fans on rampage: England prepare to face the music,
GE, p. 16, 4 April 2003,
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/apr/04/
newsstory.sport6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

syntaxe > proposition infinitive > exceptions

 

certains verbes

(comme make à la voix active)

ne sont pas suivis par

toviseur -> Base Verbale (BV),

mais par la BV seule :

 

 

The brain

it makes you think.

Doesn't it?

 

Are we governed by unconscious processes?

Neuroscience believes so

– but isn't the human condition

more complicated than that?

Two experts offer different views


The Observer, Sunday 29 April 2012

David Eagleman and Raymond Tallis

The brain… it makes you think. Doesn't it?,
O, 29.4.2012,
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/apr/29/
neuroscience-david-eagleman-raymond-tallis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voir aussi > Anglonautes > Grammaire anglaise explicative - niveau avancé

 

syntaxe > autres séquences :

 

toviseur,

ellipse,

SVO, OSV,

séquences -ing,

séquences -en,

clivée,

as...as

 

 

 

 

 

Voir aussi > Anglonautes > Grammaire anglaise explicative - niveau avancé

 

syntaxe >

séquences auxilaires / verbales :

 

active ≠ passive,

affirmative ≠ négative,

interrogative,

interro-négative,

infinitive,

impérative,

exclamative,

comparative,

elliptique,

résultative,

hypothétique

 

 

 

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