"To Infinitive" and "-ing" Form Divergence in British and American English.

Peters, F. J. J.

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Publication Date: 1980-Nov

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"To Infinitive" and "-ing" Form Divergence in British and American English.

Peters, F. J. J.

International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, v18 n4 p343-44 Nov 1980

Discusses two basic areas of difference between British and American English, namely the complementation of certain participles and the complementation of certain verbs. Complementation after "concerned" and "interested" is illustrated by several examples taken from speech and from newspaper advertisements. (AMH)

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Research, Language Usage, Language Variation, North American English, Syntax, Verbs

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Language: English

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