Exercise 2

Determine whether the following verbs have got finite or non-finite clausal complements.

(1)	a	Bobby believes Betsy to be beautiful.
	b	Terry tried to travel to Toronto.
	c	Thomas thinks that Ron runs too fast.
	d	Hetty hopes for Hugh to hug her.
	e	Alan asked if Sam could stay longer.
	f	Sam answered that he had to leave.

Now consider the following data. What conclusions can you draw concerning the types of clausal complements?

	g	Bobby believes that Betsy is beautiful.
	h	Hetty hopes that Hugh will hug her.

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